The phrase "be a man" can mean a lot of things, depending on who you're saying it to.
As part of their ongoing "One Word" series, Cut Video asked men and boys from ages 5 to 50 to play a word association game with the words "be a man."
The pointed phrase is commonly used as an insult, and plenty of the men in the video had something to say about it -- exploring the the sexism and gender stereotyping that comes with telling someone those three little words.