“Unlocking Masculinity: Discover 36 Surprising Traits of the Modern Secure Man!”
Don’t scream at the jerk who steals your parking spot. Pick your battles—not everything is an affront to your masculinity.
They embrace a little femininity. Seriously. A guy who’s insecure will never even *joke* in a way that could make them seem slightly feminine for the duration of the joke. A guy who’s secure will felate their breakfast burrito because it makes the first guy uncomfortable.
Edit: surprising number of replies seem to be completely missing the point. The point is that one of the ways you can tell if a guy is secure is that they have no problems doing things that are traditionally seen as very unmanly. I am not saying this is the only form it takes. I am not saying they feel they have to do this to prove something – the entire point is the opposite – they do not feel the need to prove something so they aren’t limiting themselves to only stuff that curates a traditionally manly persona. It should have also been obvious that this is not specific to a burrito-job, that’s a funny example to illustrate the idea. I can’t believe I used to think reading comprehension was a waste of time in schools. .
You have to be strong to be a man because it takes great strength to be genuinely kind. The hallmark of a true man is kindness. All manliness springs from kindness. Yes…..even courage.
He knows how to cook, clean, and perform basic hygiene and does’t consider those basic life skills to be “women’s work.”.
He’ll carry around any and all girly stuff for his SO and/or daughters, in public, without question, and seem genuinely pleased to have the opportunity to help them out by doing so.
I’ve known dudes that wouldn’t touch a woman’s purse or even shopping bag, not even temporarily to free up her hands for something she needs to do. No one’s going to *seriously* think it’s yours, and to the a-hole who has to joke, “Nice purse!”, you can just reply, “Thanks! I’ll pass the compliment along to my wife! I agree, she’s got excellent taste.”.
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