AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN MASCULINITY Cases of gender-based violence reportedly increased this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the most vulnerable members of society – women, and children. During these 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, The Voice seeks to find out from men; What does it mean to be a man? How do men define masculinity – manhood? How do men plan to contribute to ending this crisis? Mothoothata Lesole, (47) Gaborone The original African concept of man has been mutilated the day my Africans became a mere labour commodity with the introduction of slavery and later modern slavery called employment.