I am inspired by a friend who chooses to date who he is attracted to, not who is beautiful by societies standards, and he engages with the kink community with curiosity and no shame or guilt
People who are intelligent, kind and humble, but at the same time clearly successful. Obama, Keanu Reeves. People in my life who stop what they’re doing to notice and attend to others and help them: my father in law and my boss are both this type of person.
My older cousin is a male role model to me. He is incredibly hard working and driven no matter how much struggle he seems to face, even successfully going through medical school while being there for his girlfriend and their newborn baby girl. On top of all of that, which I’m sure is incredibly stressful and not easy in the slightest, he always has the brightest and most out there sense of humor, like he isn’t worried at all and just knows things will fall into place.
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I’d like to be someone who’s confident in the way he talks and expresses his emotions. Someone who knows about many topics but is humble, not pretentious about it. Someone who is curious about others and enjoys learning new stuff.
My two close friends. They exude confidence sexually
Eddie Hall, world’s strongest man. Just a fun guy that happens to be 300+ pounds.
My uncle and my brother. They are both hard workers and it is always nice having good conversations with them. I appreciate how open my uncle is to talk about anything. I want to try and be more in touch with my emotions so I can talk to others about them if I need it.
My uncles and father
I honestly couldn’t think of any, then I read through the comments to see if any jumped out, and I would agree with Keanu Reeves. He’s masculine but calm, and has shown vulnerability about the tragedies he’s experienced.
My dad, for is amazing work ethic. My uncle, someone who seems self assured and confident but is also humble and always willing to give his help to someone. He exerts authority in a room of people even when he’s quiet. I also admire Richard Branson, someone who has built a business which doesn’t follow conventional rules
My two friends I went to college with. They were memorable and were great connectors. They made people feel special. I admire them for their social adeptness, their intuition, and their authentic expression. Everything that I didn’t have the courage to do yet. Women loved them and men respected them. I was always observing and attempted to emulate them.
Father, brother, one of my teachers and other guys that I met. They are strong, secure, live by their own rules, get angry and do not accept other people ruling them.
Gonna get burned for this but.
I don’t believe in role models. No one is perfect. Admiring someone for earning loads of money, being athletic, exuding sexual confidence, working hard etc. reinforces the very scripts were trying to avoid and break.
Be your own man your own way. Be kind, be helpful, support others when and where you can and most of all do be a tw#t.
I hugely admire my friend W. He’s a thoughtful and responsive friend to everyone he gets to know and unafraid of platonic intimacy with other guys. He clearly loves, respects and cares for his wife of many years. He’s not a guy I want to imitate, exactly, but he’s one I respect deeply and whose unaggressive confidence fills me with admiration.
I like men who have the stamina, self esteem/self love, and financial resources, to sustain a few romantic relationships
Dave Ramsey because he is extremely confident, has good values and wants other men/woman to improve financially so they can support their families
My male role model is my father, and ironically enough I always had the impression that he did not act as a role model and to me. This played a role in my relationship towards masculinity, and today I can learn to recognize my more dominant self without having it been taught to me. I can become the man I want to be even though my role model did not show it to me
Roger Federer for his excellence and humble demeanor.
I think I have many male role models. Starting with my father for being just an amazing father and human being overall. Other role models for me are men who fight against the odds with perseverance and strength
I admire my friend for his ability to commit his energy and focus to the task at hand. It makes him seem very reliable and focused.