What does being a man mean to you?

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Cloud

You can't tell me that men don't think about "manly" stuff, regardless of whether it's pc to say males and females should have the same virtues. (And by stuff, I do not mean pron!) Expected male behavior has changed so much in the last 50 years, thanks in part to a great deal of hard work by women, that I'm thinking it must be a very hard idea to pin down.

What do modern men think is proper male behavior?

I think nothing about it. I behave the way it seems ... good, proper, appropriate... whatever word you might attach to behave. I go to work. I warn my boss that something's coming down the pike we need to deal with. I make a cup of coffee. I stop to buy gas. I cook dinner. I install molding. I watch House. I drink Cheerwine. I eat pizza. I read a book. etc. etc. etc.

I do all these things and others because I want to, or because I feel they're necessary for me for some reason--whether for my own well-being or due to some obligation I have to other people. I don't do any of them because "I'm a man" or "Men are supposed to do X."