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ManMade
What is ManMade?
It has been said that we live in a patriarchal society where
all the trappings benefit men. We are masters of our own
destiny. We often, unfairly, have better paid jobs and greater
representation in both the business and political power houses
that governs the UK in comparison to women. We are expected,
on the whole, to be quicker in pace and stronger in arm. We
are the providers, the protectors, the fixers, the guides, the
shoulders to cry on – we are men, real men – but who are we
kidding? Probably just ourselves.
We are your sons, your husbands, your brothers, your fathers,
your work colleagues, your friends and your soul mates and we
are finding it increasingly difficult to survive in an ever changing
world. Because there’s a problem. It’s all a smokescreen, a
sweeping stereotype, or at very best, a part truth – because
many of us are not coping very well at all. We are, after all, just
men and although our world has changed so much, many of us
haven’t moved with it. But why would we? Why should we? We
know who we are. We are steadfast, we are unflinching…we are
men.
So there needs to be a change, a major shift in understanding
across society because being ‘real men’ in the traditional sense
is killing us. But, more importantly, the shift needs to start with
us…as men…and the first thing we need to get into our heads is
this…
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