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10 Responses to The Phrase "Man Up"

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1) Fuck you.

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2) If you want to question my masculinity,

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like a schoolyard circle of curses,

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like a swordfight with light sabre erections,

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save your breath,

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because contrary to what you may believe

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not every problem can be solved

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by "growing a pair",

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you cant armwrestle your way out of chemical depression,

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the CEO of the company that just laid you off

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does not care how much you bench,

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and i promise

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there is no light beer in the universe full bodied enough to make you love yourself.

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3) Man up? Ohhhhh thats that new super hero right?

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Mild mannered, supplement salesman,

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Mark Manstrong says the magic words "man up!",

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and then transforms into the Five O'Clock Shadow,

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the Math<u>_</u> Muscle,

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the deep voiced, black leather,

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<u>_</u>_wearing super hero

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who defends the worlds from...

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i dont know,

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feelings.

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4) i dont drink a lot of beer

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cuz im not a "real man",

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but im pretty sure that of all the beers in the world,

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Miller Light is not the most flavourful brew.

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It kind of taste like whatever an insecure jackass wrote these "man up" commercials

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got rejected by a beautiful no nonsense bartender,

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drank a 6 pack of real beer, alone, in his apartment,

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and then Miller bottled his tears.

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You ever notice how nobody ever says "woman up"?

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They just imply it,

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because women, and the women's movement figured out a long time ago

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that being directly ordered around

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by commercials, magazines, and music is dehumanizing.

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When will men figure that out?

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6) "Man up" assaults our self esteem,

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by suggesting that competence and perseverance are uniquely masculine traits.

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That women, not to mention any man who doesnt eat steak,

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drive a pick up truck,

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have lots of sex with women,

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and otherwise conform to gender norms absolutely,

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are nothing more than background characters and props,

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in a movie where the strong, stoic, real man is the hero,

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but more than anything though,

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it suggests that to be yourself

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whether you wear skinny jeans

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listen to lady gaga

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rock a little eyeliner

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drink some other brand of light beer

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or write poetry,

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will cost you.

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7) How many boys have to kill themselves

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before this country acknowledges the problem?

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How many women have to be abused?

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How many trans people have to get assaulted?

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We teach our boys how to wear the skin of a man,

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but we also teach them how to raise that skin like a flag,

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draw blood for it.

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8) Boy babies get blue socks,

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girl babies get pink socks.

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What about purple?

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What about orange?

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Yellow?

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Chartreuse?

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Cerulean?

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Black

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tie died

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buffalo

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plaid

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rainbow

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there are so many beautiful colours

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and combinations of colours,

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yet boy babies get blue socks,

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and girl babies get pink socks.

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9) I want to be free to express myself.

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Man up.

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i want to have meaningful,

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emotional relationships with other men,

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man up,

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i want to be weak sometimes

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man up

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i want to be strong in a way that isnt

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about physical dominance or power

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man up

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i want to cry if i feel like crying

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man up

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i want to ask for help

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man up

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i want to be who i am

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man up

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10)

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No.