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>>Perhaps a perverse thought ;is this a reason why some men turn Gay? Because they cannot withstand the pressure of guiding and guarding a family?<<

I back Shegottobe. That might not account for the reason why some men turn Gay. Being Gay is only a matter of sexual identity or sexual orientation. In fact, some gays do care about each other. To make it easily understood, I will illustrate my points through analyzing one of my favorite movie American Beauty.  In the movie, the "normal hetero couples" face many problems. Their life principle is " in order to be successful, you always have to look successful on the outside".  Their relations have been cooled off and they seems to be completely emotionally disconnected. The military general Fitz run a militant household. He is so-called man who tried his best to shoulder every responsibilities for his son and his wife. He tried to arrage everything for his son. Externally, he is typically masculine and may be a little " androcentrism". To the astonishment of his neighbor Lester and the viewers, the military man may astonish you as well. He is gay himself. The military man's greatest fear is that his son will become gay and he believes that he can only prevent that from happening by being as tough on his son as possible and by never showing any feelings or weakness ( whinch is the same in his eyes).The gay couple in the neighborhood is always shown as happy, suggesting that gay couples don't have the same problems as straight ones. They care about each other and do morning exercises together. The military man picks on them as " staging gay parade."

Finally, to the original question, "what makes a man", I am utterly in favor of Dodger's opinion. Being a man should not be a biological (physical) matter.  As sunnydream suggests, it means responsibility, care, love, bravery,consideration and magnanimity.
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