[Jack_]

Originally Posted by sampvt

Jack you well know there is no correct answer to that question so one must question the motive that you have for asking it. ''Real man'' is a colloquialism for a specific point of view. Its like asking someone to define heavenly, or explain what bromance means. In the past friends have called their best mates wankers, does that mean they walk around all day with dick in hand, of course not. Leave Chuff alone, this real man thing has run its course.

I'm glad you acknowledge there isn't a correct answer. That's precisely why I'm asking the question, because when someone (not just the OP) talks of how 'real men' will or would act, it's important to qualify that and find out what kind of behaviour and mannerisms constitute a 'real man'. The problem isn't so much the defining of what it is, but that in doing so you're defining what it is not. And the notion that someone may not be a 'real man' (or indeed woman) because they do or do not act in a certain manner could very well be quite offensive to some - which is the issue in the first place.

As for the bit in bold, hasn't it just.