Women and children can be careless, but men can’t.

The Godfather is one of the greatest movies ever produced and is filled with influential quotes and meanings from start to finish. The above is one of my favourites. And it is very true.

Men can’t risk being sloppy. We must be leaders, dominant, strong, courageous, decisive and adventurous in everything we do. If we didn’t then we wouldn’t be here now. We rely on the male sex to propel humanity forward by leading from the front.

Women are not responsible. Sure they play an important role in our civilization, but the leaders of the world are MEN. 99 percent of the kingdoms in all ancient, medieval, and modern civilizations are ruled by male leaders.

We as men have to fit into a stereotypical role and if we don’t we can’t be seen as a real man. As men we must be:

athletic

Strong

Brave

supplier of our family

Physical Threat Defender

sexually aggressive

sexually experienced

Logical

Intellectual

rational

Practical

success oriented

Competitive

Ambitious

Moral

Reliable

So what he means when he says that men cannot be neglected is that he had to live out the role of Godfather to provide for and protect his Corleone family. He wouldn’t be able to live a careless life, because he had to worry about everything he did, otherwise his family would be under threat.

Another example would be Barack Obama. His job is to care not just for the US but for the world. He has the most powerful job in the world, so we trust him to put right worrisome international issues. What would happen if Barack one day decided that he didn’t care anymore?