The lack of role models is one of the main causes for this confusion. Our media focuses so hard on downplaying the male stereotype or emphasizing the bad stereotypes, that boys grow up bereft of an image to fashion themselves after. The lack of a father s influence and guidance is so apparent that it merits little mention. The rule of conformance and sterility that our society is trying to force on us is second in responsibility to the lack of a good father s guidance. But I can t really blame the fathers of America for their confusion.
Men nowadays are almost as confused as boys as to who and what they are supposed to be.
Because of this lack of guidance from society and fathers, we see the boys of today growing up in chaos and more importantly growing up scared and weak. Being a man has nothing to do with drinking beer or stupid brawls, or lewd looks at women or feeling superior. These things and other discarded relics of a macho culture are not the essence of manhood and neither is the violence that people are trying to suppress. Teach them strength, teach them sacrifice and teach them honor and responsibility. These are the badges of honor that a man must carry, no matter the weight.