Statement

[seductive_tee]

Your opinion on the statement below.

"No boy can be a man if he's never seen a man"

[Andre98]

It sounds like it's saying that a boy needs an adult male role model, that a masculine presence is very helpful in his maturation. Many boys do not get that male role model, or not a positive one, and many still come out fine, but they do so fighting against some tough odds. My Dad was not the tender, nuturing type that my Mom was, but he was a solid, reliable presence in the home for us, and never faltered in trudging to work everyday, making that bread to pay the bills. As a boy, seeing him persevere inspired a sense of duty in me that was important groundwork for becoming a decent hardworking man.

[14KBlaqWmn]

To me this is saying that in the years that a boy is growing up, if he has not been exposed to good male role models, he may not have a good idea of what a real man is.

[HulaSista]

while i believe that a boy needs his father...

if his father is not around...

what about grandpa? older brotha? uncle? older cousin? god father? teacher? preacher? principal? I am willing to believe that any man in the boys life, who chooses to be consistent with the boy, can play a roll in learning him to be the man...

[Tastey]

I sincerely believe that boys need male role models but I also believe that a boy can still grown into a man if he doesn't have it.

The same as a girl needs female role models but can still grow into a woman without them.

How we are reared plays an important role in how are lives are shaped but GOOD PARENTING is not gender specific.

[swtjamaica]

...can physically grow to be men, but without having a man around, be it father, grandpa, uncle, etc, he WILL NOT grow to me a man emotionally, and mentally...perfect example is my nephew...he has been raised mostly by women, and sad to say, has feminine tendencies...not saying that he has homosexual tendencies, but he acts JUST LIKE HIS CRAZY ASS MOMMA!!! my brother is his step dad, and whenever my nephew has gotten himself into trouble and my brother is dealing with him, he's told by my sis in law, her mother, her sister, her aunties, etc that he's being "too hard" on him!! each time, my brother looks them in the eye, and asks "have any of you been a boy?", and that temporarily shuts them up....sis in laws "quirks" have rubbed off on my nephew, and her fears have become his...with my brother called into active military duty and is away from home, nephew is getting worse in how and what he is learning from his mother...yeah, my father is around, but as soon as nephew gets his ass dug in for doing some shit he had no business, he tells his mom he doesn't wanna spend anymore time with granma and granpa, and she doesn't make him...so, once again, my answer is that i agree with the aforementioned statement...