Happy International Men's Day!

Zaronax · 2021-11-19T14:29:36+00:00

It's weird how even the littlest amount of positivity about being a man can bring tears to eyes.

TheTinMenBlog · 2021-11-19T12:29:50+00:00

It’s okay to be a man.

That fact that it’s even controversial to say that, shows how far we’ve slipped.

You are a man. Not a monolith.

A man of his own subtle creation and complex design, who needs only his own approval.

Because this path that you’re on, is drawn by you.These pages of life, are yours to fill.Nobody else’s.

You are defined by your own doing and the shape, form and purpose of masculinity, and its colours, are yours to paint.

And whilst the world may label you by your worst qualities, or by the privileges of a tiny minority, you ought to know – you are *not* toxic.

You are not problematic, broken, brainwashed or defective. You are not the enemy.

Yes, some will tell fairytales of how you all live like kings; sat around society’s high table, atop the bent backs of others. But the truth, and only truth, is that being a man, for most, is no easier than being a woman.

Although today isn’t for that. It’s not for the naysayers.

Today is to remind you of all of the wonderful things done by men; the breakthroughs, the broken grounds, the heroes, hard work, love and sacrifice made for a thousand years, by men.

For men keep the world going; they’re climbing the skyscrapers, they’re laying the brick, they’re on the high seas, icy roads and deep beneath the ground below.

They are good. Not bad. They are lovers and they are brothers, not tyrants.

For only weak people cannot admit to the strength of men.So what are men to you?

Happy International Men's Day to all men, and those who love them.

Skeleton_Warrior · 2021-11-19T19:42:04+00:00

Happy International Men's Day. It's about time men and boys are celebrated and respected for the good they've done over the centuries and continue to do. Good men and women alike have contributed much to the world and civilization, and both deserve celebration.

Imnotthatunique · 2021-11-19T18:16:30+00:00

Just a slight clarification - Bevin's Boys were also adult men who were drafted alongside men for the armed forces.

As the war raged some of the older Bevin's Boys were sent to the front and younger boys were sent to industry.

(it wasn't just mining btw)

denisocean · 2021-11-20T01:30:48+00:00

Love your post a lot. Keep going pls!

Love.

weebupurplecat · 2021-11-20T01:57:36+00:00

happy international men´s day!

SangeliaStorck · 2021-11-22T04:37:23+00:00

Not just the mines. But also working on the railroads as well. That included my dad at 13.

sno_cone_thehomeloan · 2021-11-19T19:18:50+00:00

I’m not gonna lie, I like the idea of this post but I don’t like how you worded it as “a day without [positive trait]” because that could be misconstrued or purposefully taken the wrong way as being meant to imply that women don’t possess those traits

Title	Happy International Men's Day!
Author	TheTinMenBlog
Upvotes	360
Comments	14
Date	November 19, 2021 12:29 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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