'Being a man' is a funny thing, this morning playing silly games with my 2 year old daughter I felt like her 4 year old brother...yet I did not feel at any point like I was not a 'man'.
Later in the day when I exclaimed "F#ck" at the fiddly project I was getting unnecessarily stressed over (due for a bowl) Luna, my daughter said to me 'You ok Papa?, its ok, you can do it Papa, your ok' and still I did not feel any less of a man, although for sure a little sheepish...
I am just a human, (with a penis), and more upper body strength than my female counterpart so needed/expected to fill certain roles...None of the needed or expected roles/rolls have contained gerbils thus far.
Isaac.