Write For Men

Introduction

When the new Vocal Men's community was announced a lot of women expressed doubts that they could write in that community. This will be the main thrust of this article.

My only issue with the community and it is a tiny, easily rectified one, is that Vocal has refused to acknowledge Tom Bradbury, his Stetson suggestion, and his support from Call Me Les to get this finally here. They acknowledge briefly in their initial post but that will fade with time.

It would take them five minutes to add that to the main page and I have requested this several times. It just needs a few words on the main page to remind every Vocal and non Vocal Reader who visits, the people who instigated this Vocal Community.

Right For Men

I say this quite a lot, but I am the only creator that I know that has posted in every Vocal Community, though one was accidental, but it is there now. I cannot be the only one as there are so many creators, but as yet I have not met any. Loryne Andawey did a microfiction series based on every Vocal Community which was a major undertaking that you can read about below.

Some communities I did find difficult to create entries for, but in Viva I did post one about England's Lionesses that you can read about below.

So I was a man posting in the Vocal Women's Community about something incredible that women have done. I have since posted two more in Viva and you can read them here

I do not post often in Viva but it shows that if a man can post in Viva then anyone including women can post in Men.

The point is to focus on why this belongs in the Male community.

It could be about a sportsman or team, or any man that you want to write about.

You are the creator, that does not bar you from creating a story that belongs in the Vocal Men Community.

One of the problems is that social conditioning has directed us to see men as the providers and therefore being seen as superior to women. That, as we know is totally not true. Even in my own family, I have two wonderful daughters who constantly amaze me, and Fiona, my partner, always knows so much more than me about film, politics, and history. I am the one without a degree.

There are so many routes anyone can take to write in the Vocal Male Community. Whether it's men's health, physical and mental, or about musicians, actors, or others that is a lot that you can choose to write about.

The mission statement for the community is:

Discover a welcoming space exclusively dedicated to men's mental health, providing support, valuable insights, and a transformative journey toward holistic well-being.

I have covered many of these subjects in Poets, Journal, Longevity and many other Vocal Communities, and it is good that now I can actually share my work here when it is relevant.

Conclusion

I hope my examples of the work I shared in Viva have shown that gender is not a limitation to writing in these Vocal Communities, you just need to identify what you are writing about. This is only my second post in this community but I may drop more in at some point.

I really hope this is going to encourage more women to write in the Vocal Men Community because that is the right thing to do. Please do not think that you cannot do it.

The music I included is "Male Stripper" by Man 2 Man Meet Man Parrish because it is a great record and has Man and Male in the title and performer name.