There’s No Shortage of Advice on What it Means to Be a Man
That’s actually part of the problem.

Rudyard Kipling’s “If” has got to be one of the earliest mass publication attempts at answering the question “What Does It Mean To Be A Man”. Published in 1909 as part of his “Rewards And Fairies” collection, it’s only 32 lines yet it somehow manages to recommend no less than 25 different things you need…