Nine Traits of Masculine Men

 

April 10, 2012

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(For the guidance of my more humorless readers, this image is tongue-in cheek. And yes, it is a Honda. I just posed on it. Parked outside a neighbor’s house.)

by Bobbi Wingham
(a woman, ex feminist)
(from May 14, 2009)

Women need to encourage men to be masculine –
who they really are and not who women think they should be.  This means women should back off.  But, for the guys out there who haven’t got a
clue who they are and what real women want and need, here goes:

 

The Traits of a Masculine Man

 

  1. Confidence:  Believe in yourself, not only that you
    can do what you set out to do, but that you already are what you need to
    be (even if on the outside it doesn’t yet show).  Everything begins with a thought.  Watch your thinking.  In the Bible, it says, “As a man
    thinketh, so is he.”  A
    masculine man is confident even in the face of rejection and its aftermath
    so that it doesn’t phase him and he moves on if necessary.  A truly confident man has nothing to
    prove. 

 

  1. Courage:  A masculine man is courageous (I’m not
    talking about being willing to do stupid stunts, either), willing to do
    what is necessary without showing weakness (even if you are scared to
    death).  A man cannot be truly courageous
    and brave if he does not fear something. 
    If a woman is carrying on and wanting to pick a fight, don’t back
    down and run away (but don’t fight either).  A woman is not a child, but would you
    run out the door if a child were throwing a tantrum or would you stay and
    handle the situation?

 

  1. Responsibility:  Take responsibility for what happens in
    your life and stop being a victim. 
    Being a victim is exactly what our society expects you to be.  Be who you really are intended to be – a
    leader and victor.  Make plans and
    carry them out.  Don’t fear failure.  Someone once said, “If you show me
    a man who has never made a mistake, I’ll show you a man who has never done
    anything.”  Refuse to be a
    victim no matter what you encounter. 
    Consider yourself a “warrior” and victor in all of life’s
    curve balls.  Change your plans if
    necessary, take charge of your life and where it goes.  Learn from the battles lost and go on to
    win the war.

 

  1. Discipline:
     Take charge of your life and what
    goes on in it.  Carry out and
    complete your goals.  Do everything
    you say you will do.  Eat right and
    stay in shape, therefore you will also be able to think more clearly.

 

  1. Honesty,
    Integrity, and Kindness:  Be honest
    with yourself and others holding yourself to the highest of
    standards.  Find the fine line
    between kindness and honesty when necessary.  Sometimes, one is more important than
    the other.  With some finesse, you
    will be able to be honest and kind at the same time.  Be kind and gentle toward women,
    children, and the elderly. 

 

  1. Treat
    Women Like Women:  Most of today’s
    men don’t seem to have a clue anymore (this is largely because of
    feminism).  I take my kids to Judo
    practice and am saddened by what I experience there.  There are only a few chairs and they are
    always full of both men and women. 
    When I arrive, not one man ever offers me his chair – a masculine
    thing.  Real men honor women.  Real men treat others with respect and
    dignity.  I once read about two men
    standing on a sidewalk when a prostitute walked by.  One man tipped his hat and said,
    “Good day, ma’am.”  The
    other looked the other way, then later asked, “Why did you even speak
    to her, she’s a prostitute!” 
    To which he replied, “I greeted her not because of who she is
    but because of who I am.”  This
    is a masculine man.

 

  1. Listen:  We have two ears and one mouth for good
    reason – we are supposed to be doing twice as much listening as
    speaking.  When a woman speaks,
    listen with your heart.  Instead of
    thinking, “Oh great, here she goes again.” think, “She has
    a need.  What is it?  What can I do to help.”  This goes against the nature of today’s
    men, it seems.  They want to strike
    back and have forgotten who they are dealing with.  When a woman lets you know she ‘s upset,
    what she is really doing is asking you to take charge and help her.  It is a cry for help.  Most of the time she will just need your
    love, understanding, and a listening ear, but under no circumstances are
    you to take abuse from her.  Make that
    very clear.  You must keep your
    cool.  A woman will not respect a
    man who looses his cool in the face of adversity.

 

  1. Defend
    the Weak:  Protect and provide for
    your family and anyone who is being unfairly attacked.  Consider getting martial arts training,
    learn to use guns and keep them ready, etc.  Be prepared for disasters and have a
    plan.  Refuse to allow anyone to
    overstep their boundaries, but be smart about how you accomplish this.  Plan ahead.  Remember, you are a leader so act like
    one.

9.   Inspire submission: A masculine man in a relationship with a woman will always inspire  and never force her submission. He will remain a gentleman at all times when dealing with a woman.

 

For you women who want this kind of man (and most do no
matter what they say), this is the easy part. 
You don’t have to give your man a long list of rules or tell him how to
be a man; it’s already there inside him. 
Just step back, show him respect, and let him decide.  Encourage him gently not so much with words
but your actions.  Give him time and
space.  If you step back he’ll have to
step up to fill the void you once filled, or else there is no relationship.

http://www.henrymakow.com/manliness.html

Comments for “Nine Traits of Masculine Men”

Omar said (May 17, 2009):

The list is wise, though I take slight issue with the “walking away” from a woman picking a fight.

For women like this:

http://shrink4men.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/relationships-with-borderline-narcissistic-personality-women/

Engendering a reaction is the raison d’etre so to speak. It is all about pushing and poking to provoke someone. It’s a bizarre form of desiring power. In cases like this – the BEST response is to simply walk away, I’ve found, and completely ignore.

With a child, of course, its different. But even then, a steady gaze without “budging” eventually can calm a tantrum.


Sasha said (May 16, 2009):

(on a related subject)

This was the quote by Moscow’s City Hall spokesman Sergei Tsoi with reference to Russia’s staunch stance against the Gay Pride parade manufactured (and likely engineered by Western interests) while hosting the Eurovision 2009 music contest. Russia has been opposed to this for sometime.

I personally agree (though I do not condone violence). The same thing happened in Serbia with as much Western ‘outrage’. No wonder both countries (especially Russia) are being targeted by the Globalists. What do you think?


“(Gay pride events) not only destroy moral foundations of our society, but also purposefully provoke disturbances that will threaten the lives and safety of Moscow residents and guests,” City Hall spokesman Sergei Tsoi was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying Saturday.


Dan said (May 16, 2009):

I am so sick of women telling men what they think and how to be men. From feminists to ex-feminists, apparently the only people with valuable opinions on how to be a ‘man’ are women. I don’t care what women think and real men don’t care what women think. The natural use of women is not thinking. Let’s change the dialogue. From now on, the men will tell the women how to be women. The men will work out ideal female behavior and communicate it to you. The only thing women need do is what their men tell them to.

One thing is certain, the women will disagree, be miserable and want something different. But the men will be happier! This will be a vast improvement over the current situation where the women disagree, are miserable and want something different and the men are miserable as well.


John said (May 16, 2009):

As I was reading this article, I could not help but conclude how similar these traits are to the virtues of Christ. It just goes to show how much we (the world) needs Jesus. Funnily (or co-incidentally) Jesus is recorded as saying in the Gospels, “Without me ye can do nothing.” The more I see what man is doing to the world and the downward spiral it is in, the stronger this saying becomes.

Really, how true. Without Him we can do nothing. And that goes for not only saving ourselves, but in the relationships we have with others (and man’s relationship with a woman) and with the virtues we pass onto our kids. It also points to the fact that this diabolical cabal have to undermine Christianity to implement their warped agenda.

And for Judy (below), sometimes it’s good to take things at face value and not to point to the person being an ex-feminist. People can change. God can change them. And we owe it to others to give them the benefit of that doubt. The main thing is to weigh the article against the Spirit of Truth and see how it stands. I’d say the article is spot on.


Jim said (May 16, 2009):

I enjoyed Bobbi Wingham’s Nine traits of Masculine men article. I’ll give copies of it to my sons and study it myself.

I was happy to see you mentioning the right, and necessity, of self defense and protecting the weak. I have several guns, with ammo, packed away in the house just in case. Fortunately the state of Georgia where I live is friendly to citizens being armed in order to defend themselves.

For those considering study of a martial art or looking for a character-building sport I strongly recommend Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which one of my sons and I have trained in for the past 7 years. It is a grappling, not a striking art, where the really dangerous and destructive attacks, like eye gouging for example, have been eliminated so what is left can be practiced full strength with one’s training partners with relative safety. The live training is a huge part of the learning process. Out on the street there is no substitute for having spent lots of time doing actual fighting, facing one’s fears. It is commonly observed that simply knowing how to fight can often defuse tense situations.

The object is to force the opponent to submit, that is, give up by tapping twice with his hand. Where in other martial arts the students mostly learn dance-like moves in isolation, In Jiu Jitsu every practice has 30 minutes or so of live fighting against other students. It’s great exercise. The only way to master the skills being taught is to face being submitted hundreds of times on the way to a higher belt level. They hold tournaments where people can test themselves in competition. This builds both modesty and confidence. Even the world champion fighters in our school have a strong sense of modesty. On the other hand the sport is safe enough that our school also has children’s classes. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of the sport is that I had no idea we would make so many good friends doing it.

Those interested in checking out Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can go to…

You tube – The only Marcelo Garcia video that matters

www,graciemag.com

Best wishes as always, Henry, I salute your unflinching drive to see the truth as it really is and wake the rest of us up to it whether we like it or not.


Judy said (May 15, 2009):

First time I must find fault with the content of your almost uniformly excellent website. Masculinity and femininity, like all abstractions, are illusive qualities dependent upon differing personalities, physical makeup, cultural patterns, etc. It disturbs me to see a “former” feminist setting out a rule book on how to be masculine. (Doesn’t she see the irony here?) Feminists, often, former or not, are control freaks. Please no more “how to” books in the Age of prescriptive behavior. Allow little boys the company of their fathers and other men and beyond the nursery years be taught largely by men. Let men handle being men.

And why the picture of an actor, presumably exemplifying masculinity? Even Clark Gable famously said,”Acting is no job for a man.” Let’s not careen from one error to another.


Henry Makow is the author of A Long Way to go for a Date. He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Toronto. He welcomes your feedback and ideas at

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