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F4lconF16

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4. While I don't object to the ideas of the campaign

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:09 PM

Mar 2014

I never like any of the advertisements and campaigns that talk about "real men", as if it's a definable thing. I admit it can have an effect on some of those who need to hear it, but it bothers me. A real man is whatever I choose to be--not some standard we need to adhere to. The idea that there is some measurable ideal of "manliness" that men should strive for is wrong. That said, I'd rather see this campaign than not--this is just too big an issue and far outweighs my concerns.

Not to mention that the point of this campaign should be obvious to any decent human being, as said before.

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*Real Men Don't* Campaign [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 OP

Oh, Jesus! ... Obviously! Deep13 Mar 2014 #1

"... a brothel where all the women or girls are from somewhere else, they're slaves." redqueen Mar 2014 #8

When I was in Beirut last summer, I heard there was a city further north... Deep13 Mar 2014 #9

Real men don't buy other human beings, period. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #2

The comments in the link also say that, too. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #3

+1 redqueen Mar 2014 #6

While I don't object to the ideas of the campaign F4lconF16 Mar 2014 #4

I think a lowest possible expectation of "manliness" is that a real man doesn't buy another person. Squinch Mar 2014 #5

I couldn't agree more that this isn't about men's feeling's. F4lconF16 Mar 2014 #10

I conceive of it as synonymous with "a mature, decent adult" nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #7