vescucci: There's no specific age. Especially the upper limit. Maybe there's a lower limit. Many people are still children at 70. Basically many people got it right in my opinion. Being a man is being an adult male (which means taking responsibility for your actions) who has had some experience borne out of mistakes and wrong choices. That's mainly what I consider what being a man is

I think subjectivity is okay if we are talking about what you "consider" being a man. I understand that "there are men and there are boys". But this thread is about how people are addressed. In this wise, there is no subjectivity on the matter. A man is an adult male human being - that is, someone who is 18 years and over. Thus, the phrase, "a 21-year-old boy", which you sometimes find in Nigerian newspapers, is an oxymoron since there are no 21-year-old boys.

This problem started with European colonisers. They were loth to consider black men to be men, hence they referred to and treated them as boys. Our people inherited this and things have tended to remain so ever since. If 18 and above, especially 21 and above, and someone calls you a boy, you can politely tell the person so stop addressing you that way and educate them on the subject of how adult male human beings are addressed.

i have read all the comments so far on this issue and nobody seems to be wise enought o hit the nail on the head. the only time you can be called a man is when you hammar enough money. I mean money is something that can change the world. with money, the thinking of a 10 yr old boy will drastically change in no time. the way he conducts himself will also change. he can even date girls older than him.

miketonic: once he INSERT his JOYSTICk in a female PUNNY...thats when he is considered a MAN


seconded !!!!!!!!!!!!!

i strongly disagree.

You are a man when you start to fend for yourself and pay bills....NOW YOUR ARE A MAN.

once he has attain the age of 30yrs
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take her out sleep with her make sure she scream before u leave her next time someone called called u a boy in that office she will speak for u.

MyJoe:
I think subjectivity is okay if we are talking about what you "consider" being a man. I understand that "there are men and there are boys". But this thread is about how people are addressed. In this wise, there is no subjectivity on the matter. A man is an adult male human being - that is, someone who is 18 years and over. Thus, the phrase, "a 21-year-old boy", which you sometimes find in Nigerian newspapers, is an oxymoron since there are no 21-year-old boys.

This problem started with European colonisers. They were loth to consider black men to be men, hence they referred to and treated them as boys. Our people inherited this and things have tended to remain so ever since. If 18 and above, especially 21 and above, and someone calls you a boy, you can politely tell the person so stop addressing you that way and educate them on the subject of how adult male human beings are addressed.

In short, gbam! How's it hanging, MyJoe?

Real men starts at 17:59 with a Real lerger beer for real men but u gat to be 18 and above.
Lahz!!

Jokes apart. The moment you start taking responsibility for your decisions no matter awkward then you the man.

vescucci:

In short, gbam! How's it hanging, MyJoe?

Calm and peaceful. I trust you are doing well too.

Well I thank u all for ur comments. The man in question like to argue too much and wen the woman wants to excuse him so to avoid the querrel, he commands her to stay put while he continue to talk until it get intense thereby beating her. As we speak the man have been fined by the community head for constant beating of wife thereby disturbing the neighbourhood.

This should be a summary of the thread title. It also depends on our own perception of the picture.

Simply put, He's got a praying wife to watch his back while he protects his family against the world.That's a Real Man.

21.

The boy is already a man.....