Yo! Youth OutLook

Manhood: What is it really? By definition, manhood is the state or status of being a man. But what is it that makes you "a man"? For every man, this answer varies. We're not all the same, but we all have emotions and deal with them differently. The common perception is to be "a man" is not showing weakness. In actuality, however, the best men are the ones who master their emotions and use them to their advantage.

This brings up the conflict of the "Alpha" male personality. "Alpha" males are the ones who think they have to be the biggest and baddest person around. These types of men are scared to be themselves because they don't want to be badmouthed by their peers as not manly enough. So, men fall into this cycle that is hard to break. Men constantly try to front and seem as strong and manly as possible. For example, when help presents itself, we shoot it down. 

So we, men, are perpetually in an identity crisis. We try to be someone who we actually are not.

Men should dare to be different. Why not do something that others are not? If your doing something that somebody else is also doing, how does that make you unique? 

Mass media has led us to believe that men have more power than women in business because men and women often share the same positions but women get paid less. Since we all came from a women, got our name from a women, and our game from a women, I wonder why we take from our women, why we rape our women?I think its time to kill for our women, time to heal our women, and be real to our women.

-- Roland Ballard