What does it mean to be a Man?
Having grown up and been primarily raised by women, I have always asked, "What does it mean to be a man?" Over a dozen people closest to me during my childhood have been women, so I adopted many of their behaviors and mannerisms. I was the only boy in a family of two sisters, and any possible male influence was either detached or short-lived. My life was without proper guidance, and I was definitely going through the motions until I finally identified what was absent in my life: a man. But what is a man? What do men do? Am I even going to be a man? In today's culture, it's insensitive to even ask. Ironically, if you don't subscribe to a subjective answer to that question, you are labeled as sexist. This question I asked myself led me down a rabbit hole. I finally found an answer that I don't think is often shared. On the last day of 2023, it dawned on me that the answer is simply to come first. The ancient Greeks have a specific word for it: Proto...
