by sedes September 20, 2006
Get the box blockedmug. The rules for "acting like a man"; the mentality, behaviors and restrictions that many men and boys are socialized to conform to. These tenets of the "cult of masculinity" are both symptoms and enablers of Dominator Culture. They can be so pervasive as to be almost invisible; yet they lead men to disrespect, mistreat, and abuse women and each other.
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THE MAN BOX
Demonstrate power/control (especially over women)
Aggression - Dominance - yell - intimidate
Do not cry openly or express emotions (except for anger)
Do not express weakness or fear - "take it"
Don't back down - don't make mistakes
Do not be "like a woman"
Heterosexual
Have lots of sex with women - "conquests"
Do not be "like a gay man"
Tough/Athletic/Competitive/Strength/Courage
Make Decisions - Never ask for help
Women viewed as property/objects (especially sexual objects)
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(Based largely on Tony Porter's TED talk "A Call to Men")
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THE MAN BOX
Demonstrate power/control (especially over women)
Aggression - Dominance - yell - intimidate
Do not cry openly or express emotions (except for anger)
Do not express weakness or fear - "take it"
Don't back down - don't make mistakes
Do not be "like a woman"
Heterosexual
Have lots of sex with women - "conquests"
Do not be "like a gay man"
Tough/Athletic/Competitive/Strength/Courage
Make Decisions - Never ask for help
Women viewed as property/objects (especially sexual objects)
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(Based largely on Tony Porter's TED talk "A Call to Men")
This is the love of my life, my daughter Jay. The world I envision for her -- how do I want men to be acting and behaving? ... I need you working with me and me working with you on how we raise our sons and teach them to be men -- that it's okay to not be dominating, that it's okay to have feelings and emotions, that it's okay to promote equality, that it's okay to have women who are just friends and that's it, that it's okay to be whole, that my liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.
I remember asking a nine-year-old boy ... "What would life be like for you, if you didn't have to adhere to this man box?" He said to me, "I would be free."
I remember asking a nine-year-old boy ... "What would life be like for you, if you didn't have to adhere to this man box?" He said to me, "I would be free."
by Grinning Cat March 28, 2013
Get the man boxmug. 1. some one who acts retarded
2. what the retard would wear if he bought the helmet
3. a mental case or total basket case so spasmatic that he or she may need to wear a helmet to protect themself from head injuries from their own lack of competence
4. NOT TOO SWIFT
2. what the retard would wear if he bought the helmet
3. a mental case or total basket case so spasmatic that he or she may need to wear a helmet to protect themself from head injuries from their own lack of competence
4. NOT TOO SWIFT
helmet box HELMET BOX
Whats his problem
he tried to put on the box and i took it and put the helmet on for him hes not to swift thats why we call him HELMET BOX
Whats his problem
he tried to put on the box and i took it and put the helmet on for him hes not to swift thats why we call him HELMET BOX
by skyjack_fixer@yahoo.com November 23, 2007
Get the helmet boxmug. A vulgar, but entertaining, idiom used for describing the act of vaginal copulation. Derived from the slightly more vulgar expression "crush piss box"
by DTP4L4L March 23, 2010
Get the Crush Boxmug. by Pippie January 7, 2009
Get the Cookoo Boxmug. by Hyde@#cF January 29, 2005
Get the box of zitimug. Implying that there is a list of boxes that can be checked in life, indicating the various experiences one has had, and checking off one of them. Almost exclusively in reference to sexual experiences. One's sexual resume. Various skin colors, sexual orientations, and physical features are all examples of boxes that can be checked off one's list.
I don't know if I'd do her (the shaved bald, heavily pierced, 200 lb woman across the way), but if you want to check that box, go right ahead.
Man, I'd really like to check that box (referring to the slim Asian hottie friend-of-a-friend).
Man, I'd really like to check that box (referring to the slim Asian hottie friend-of-a-friend).
by bodhilicious January 9, 2009
Get the check that boxmug.