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A man is a [[male]] [[human]]. The term man (irregular plural: men) is used for an adult human male, while the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent human male. However, man is sometimes used to refer to [[humanity]] as a whole. Sometimes it is also used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Men's rights".
A man is a [[male]] [[human]]. The term man (irregular plural: men) is used for an adult human male, while the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent human male. However, man is sometimes used to refer to [[humanity]] as a whole. Sometimes it is also used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Men's rights".
==Age and terminology==
==Age and terminology==
The term '''manhood''' is used to describe the period in a human male's life after he has transitioned from boyhood, having passed through puberty, usually having attained male secondary sexual characteristics, and [[symbolises]] a male's coming of age. The word man is used to mean any adult male. In [[English]]-speaking countries, many other words can also be used to mean an adult male such as guy, dude, buddy, bloke, fellow, chap and sometimes boy or lad, such as boys' night out. The term manhood is associated with [[masculinity]] and virility, which refer to male qualities and male [[gender]] roles.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhood]
The term '''manhood''' is used to describe the period in a human male's life after he has transitioned from boyhood, having passed through puberty, usually having attained male secondary sexual characteristics, and [[symbolises]] a male's coming of age. The word man is used to mean any adult male. In [[English]]-speaking countries, many other words can also be used to mean an adult male such as guy, dude, buddy, bloke, fellow, chap and sometimes boy or lad, such as boys' night out. The term manhood is associated with [[masculinity]] and virility, which refer to male qualities and male [[gender]] roles.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhood]
==Quote==
With advancing [[civilization]], certain tribes put the severe [[marriage]] tests of [[male]] [[endurance]] in the hands of the [[women]]; they thus were able to favor the men of their [[choice]]. These marriage tests embraced skill in hunting, fighting, and ability to provide for a [[family]]. The groom was long required to enter the bride's [[family]] for at least one year, there to live and [[labor]] and [[prove]] that he was [[worthy]] of the wife he sought.[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper82.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper82.html&line=71#mfs]
==Further reading==
* Andrew Perchuk, Simon Watney, Bell Hooks, The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation, MIT Press 1995
* Pierre Bourdieu, Masculine Domination, Paperback Edition, Stanford University Press 2001
* Robert W. Connell, Masculinities, Cambridge : Polity Press, 1995
* Warren Farrell, The Myth of Male Power Berkley Trade, 1993 ISBN 0-425-18144-8
* Michael Kimmel (ed.), Robert W. Connell (ed.), Jeff Hearn (ed.), Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities, Sage Publications 2004
==References==
1. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/manhood?view=uk
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