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If you have access to ChatGPT, ask it “What is masculinity” and here is its reply…
“Masculinity is a complex and multifaceted concept that varies across cultures and societies. Broadly speaking, masculinity refers to the set of attributes, behaviors, and roles traditionally associated with men and boys. These can include qualities such as strength, assertiveness, independence, courage, and leadership. However, it is important to note that the understanding of masculinity has evolved over time, and there is increasing recognition that it is not limited to a fixed set of traits. Different cultures and individuals may have their own interpretations of what masculinity means, and there is growing awareness of the importance of embracing a more inclusive and diverse understanding of gender roles.”
Clearly it reflects the confusion that exists in our world. This explains so much, eh?
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We’ve learned from the ClearThinkingCampaign.org website (see the Head Area) that the number one thing to remember is…
Oversimplifications CREATE Confusion
A man’s greatest adversary is confusion, and the English language is packed full of confusing terms that our world has made a mess of. The handbook is a self-contained space in which we have the opportunity to dissolve the confusion.
This is a quick reference for the labels and terms both used and avoided in the handbook.
The first two are the only terms we continue to use in the handbook and we give them their proper definition even though we know full well we’ll never be able to change the definition in the outside world:
A MAN is a human whose gender identitiy is predominantly male, he feels like a man, he feels comfortable in the world of men, and feels he belongs in the world of men. Full stop.0
MASCULINITY refers to the following collection of “chunks” of human attributes (characteristics) almost always amplifed in men.
These terms are new replacement terms, or unique to the handbook:
These terms are not used because they’re oversimplifications (oversimplifications CREATE confusion), and have too much bad baggage, all which perpetuates the confusion each time they’re used:
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It looks like the handbook catches a lot of people offguard. A video is being made that gives a proper introduction to what is unusual and different about it. And it has to be this way like it or not.
Here are the elements that are a part of why no one has seen anything like this before.
Years ago I started assembling a list of no more than 150 men, the size of a tribe, whom I personally know and who have expressed interest in the handbook. It’s now time to engage this tribe and have them start experiencing the handbook, in the incomplete state it’s in now, and help refine it before it gets exposed to the open internet of millions of men.
Thanks to all my brothers, buddies, friends and professional contacts who stand together with me now to help see this sailing ship finally become seaworthy enough to be pushed away from the dock and set out to sea in the coming month(s).
I’m so privileged and grateful. Thank you!
A “tribe” is a group of around 150 people. It’s a special number because for humans, that’s about the limit of how many people we’re able to get to know and feel like they’re part of our community.
There are companies where when a location grows past 150 people, it will split off into a new location so that the employees at any location will all get to know each other well and work together as a tight knit community with all the productivity benefits that yields. Belonging is a powerful human instinct and need.
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This brings up some information like a definition, a long list, an image, whatever.
Click the red arrow at the upper right to close it.
If you wondered about this photo, it’s a picture of the the crew of an aircraft carrier. The crewmen in brightly colored jerseys work on the flight deck and their role is color coded. Check out the orange References and Notes Show/Hide bar at the bottom of this START HERE section for more details on what the colors mean.
Extra Credit: There are a few women in this picture. Can you find them?
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
Hunter S. Thompson
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If we say for a moment that each of these independent human attributes listed below was only an on or off, one or the other, binary kind of thing, then to calculate the number of combinations of human beings that are possible, this list of 60 items can be calculated as 2 to the power of 60…
260 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976
or over 1 quintillion combinations of human beings.
But there are actually far more combinations than that because most of the attributes are spectrums, ranges, and sometimes multiple choice. And this list keeps growing because now there are 71 items below. But we’re in the general ballpark.
Long story short, no two human beings who have ever lived are alike.
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
Hunter S. Thompson
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© 2018-2023 Markus Halvorson
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