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Okonkwo hated the ideas that the white men were spreading, and resisted any other idea except his own. His interpretation of masculinity was bravery, strength, and violence, and when the white men said that wasnt all that was to it, Okonkwo believed that they were turning all his people into cowards.

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Okonkwo thought that Ezinma would make a great man, but because she wasn't, Okonkwo wouldn't let here do anything manly at all, dispite his own thoughts. He imagined being a man like a job that women can't perform.

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Women don't take titles, and their only purpose in a society is to bring and mother children, and work inside the house.

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Men give women disciplinary beatings when they mess up. They're views are considered childish and inferior to men's.

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Men aren't supposed to cry, as its considered weak and womanly. Men are strong and brave, while women are weak and cowardly. It's shamful if a man cries, or acts weak, and women shouldnt do the hard work that men are supposed to do.

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Okonkwo hung himself because he realized no one was going to fight with him, and he didnt want to live with everyone in his tribe having fallen into "cowardly" traditions.

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Okonkwo was considered brave and manly, but he got scared at the thought of no one fighting with him. He was too stubborn to accept other traditions, only to cut them all out.

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"Worthy men are no more." Okonkwo says that all the men in the tribe have fallen into the trap of cowardly traditions, and are to weak to fight.

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Okonkwo was glad that Nwoye was becoming more masculine because of Ikemefuna. He was happy when he was grumbling about women, and that he wasnt listening to childish stories.

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When Machi says, "You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making children," It shows that male dominance runs even through sex. The man is supposed to be the powerful one, while the female does as he asks.

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When Ekwefi chased after Ezinma, Okonkwo was surprised because it was a brave and manly move, chasing after the priestess of Agbala, and interfering with the gods' traditions.

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Men do all the outside work, while the women do the cooking and cleaning. The women are expected listen to colorful hopeful stories, while men are expected to listen to stories about war and blood.

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"'Sit like a woman!' Okonkwo shouted."When Okonkwo yells at Ezinma to sit like a woman, it shows that not only can men not act like women, women cannot cross the boundary of masculinity, even with how they sit.

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"'The greatest obstacle in Umuofia,' Okonkwo thought bitterly, 'is that coward, Egonwanne. His sweet tongue can change fire into cold ash. When he speaks he moves our men to impotence. If they had ignored his womanish wisdom five days ago, we would not have come to this.'"

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Not only is being a man an honor, but being called a woman as a man is disrespect, as men shouldn't act as foolish and cowardly as women.

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"Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievments. As a young man of eighteen he had brought his village honor to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat. Amalinze was the great wrestler who for seven years was unbeaten, from Umuofia to Mbaino."

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"'The white man whose power you know too well has ordered this meeting to stop.' In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete. The messenger to avoid the blow. It was useless. Okonkwo's machete descended twice and the man's head lay beside his uniformed body."