By Michael K. Horne, Psy.D. What does it mean to be a man? This is a question I ask myself often when I consider my role as husband and father. Is being a man a reflection of how much money we earn? Or the type of car we drive? Is genuine masculinity measured by sexual conquests or how much we can drink or our ability to tear a phonebook in half with our bare hands? I certainly can't tear phonebooks in half. So what does being a man and embracing a masculine identity mean? Before fully answering that question, it is important to look at how we learn to be men. This starts with our fathers. [...] Read the rest of this post on the Truth & Love blog |