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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_ Muscle,
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the deep voiced, black leather,
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__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.