The Significance Of Being a Male In Franco-Irish c

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The significance of being a male in Franco-Irish culture I’ve got something to (Es)say Gabriel DL What does it really mean to “be a man” in the world we live in today? There is no straightforward answer to this question, for being a man represents something completely different in each culture it is observed in. Before I moved to rural Ireland, County Wicklow to be specific, I never even had to hesitate when I was considering putting on my flashiest, tightest and most flamboyant jeans before going out. I could wear any shirt, any jacket of any color and then spend a solid twenty minutes in front of the mirror while making sure that every strand of my shoulder length hair was in place. I could go to school, kiss all my friends on both cheeks (yes, I’m talking about girls and guys) when greeting them and be completely open about the way I was feeling on any given day. I didn’t feel restricted, on the contrary, I felt that as long as I smoked an occasional cigarette, crossed my legs without worrying about looking foolish and did my best to seem gallant yet cool, then I fit perfectly into society as the male that I am. Maybe all of this was because I was living in Paris, my hometown. Being a Parisian male is a lot to do with taste in fashion and literature. Guys in Paris are very much about intellectuality (or at least pretending to be an intellectual) and they love nothing more than to be able to let the people around them know just how knowledgeable they are. Europe is often given the stereotype of being a place where everyone is more sophisticated and cultured and it is also said that the men there are significantly more in touch with their feminine side and are blatantly open about it in comparison to males from other countries across the globe. Some of the stereotypes above are somewhat true when it comes to certain places in Europe, such as France,

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