Tuesday, December 9, 2008

human


This article is about adult human males. For humans in general, see Human. For the word "man", see Man (word).
"Men" redirects here. For other uses, see Man (disambiguation). For other uses, see Men (disambiguation).
A man is a male human. The term man (irregular plural: men) is used for an adult human male, while the term boy being 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".
The term "manhood" is used to refer variously to the condition of being male, male sexuality, or the actual reproductive organs.

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