"Why my dear, he is not good looking at all, but extremely masculine." (The Fountainhead)
Masculinity is the most attractive characteristic that a man can have. This is extremely obvious yet society does not actually understand what true masculinity is.
Masculinity is not something I can outline for you. It is not external, it is not purely chivalry and importantly it is not disposable, thus it can not be material even just material expression of chivalry. It is not pretty language, it is not rough language, more than anything I believe masculinity is sincerity. Sincerity does not come from an acceptance of "who you are" by what you conform to. It is not an identity that just "goes with the flow", it is something that is cherished and searched out and chiseled and formed by an identity that knows not who he is but knows to discover who he is. Life is not in the being, it is in the becoming - in the projecting of who you are in every moment.
One of the most masculine men I know is a paraplegic over his healthy BMI yet someone who demanded respect with the atmosphere which his identity brought to every situation - an atmosphere of searching. He has humbly embraced his identity as a thinker, because living in the realm of the mind requires nothing more or less than humility. He did not appear to me for an instant as his body, his freedom was absolute because he was sincere in all that he said, and honest to all of his thoughts demanding them to be the highest quality. This man is, honestly, one of the most attractive men I have met.
"Why my dear, he is not good looking at all, but extremely masculine."
Masculinity is the most attractive characteristic that a man can have. This is extremely obvious yet society does not actually understand what true masculinity is.
Masculinity is not something I can outline for you. It is not external, it is not purely chivalry and importantly it is not disposable, thus it can not be material even just material expression of chivalry. It is not pretty language, it is not rough language, more than anything I believe masculinity is sincerity. Sincerity does not come from an acceptance of "who you are" by what you conform to. It is not an identity that just "goes with the flow", it is something that is cherished and searched out and chiseled and formed by an identity that knows not who he is but knows to discover who he is. Life is not in the being, it is in the becoming - in the projecting of who you are in every moment.
One of the most masculine men I know is a paraplegic over his healthy BMI yet someone who demanded respect with the atmosphere which his identity brought to every situation - an atmosphere of searching. He has humbly embraced his identity as a thinker, because living in the realm of the mind requires nothing more or less than humility. He did not appear to me for an instant as his body, his freedom was absolute because he was sincere in all that he said, and honest to all of his thoughts demanding them to be the highest quality. This man is, honestly, one of the most attractive men I have met.
"Why my dear, he is not good looking at all, but extremely masculine."
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