In Things Fall Apart, give examples in the attitude and actions of Okonkwo that show what Igbos consider manly and what is womanly?

In Things Fall Apart, we could look
at the above question from a contrasting study of the characters Okonkwo and Unoka.
Unoka is Okonkwo's lazy father. He is considered effeminate because he cannot stand the
sight of blood. Also, he sits around all day drinking and playing his flute. His traits
are feminine. He borrows money for he does not work. Not working is considered a
feminine trait. Unoka was called womanish while Okonkwo was a child. Unoka could not
think about war. He feared war. This trait made him
womanish:

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Unoka, Okonkwo’s father, loves to drink palm
wine and play the flute. He is poor, and his wife and children barely have food to eat.
Unoka never repays his loans, and the people laugh at him. When Unoka dies, he holds no
title, and he is heavily in debt. Okonkwo is ashamed of
him.

Okonkwo is quite manly.
He wrestled Amalinze the Cat and won. His fame spread throughout the villages. Also, he
is a great warrior. He has five skulls hanging from his belt. He is quite masculine in
his sills as great warrior. Also, Okonkwo works hard. He is not lazy like his father
was. Okonkwo has two barns filled with yams. Working hard as a farmer is a masculine
trait:

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Okonkwo is introduced as a great wrestler, a
renowned warrior, and a hardworking member of the community. He has amassed two barns
filled with yams, three wives, many children, and two
titles.

Another masculine
trait that Okonkwo is proud of is his abusive tendencies. He beats his three wives and
children to keep them from becoming lazy and unprofitable. Okonkwo is quite masculine in
his work ethic. He expects the same from his three wives and many
children:

His
rage, inflexibility, and fear of appearing weak like his lazy father, the musician
Unoka, consistently overshadow his respect for his
community.

When Ikemefuna is
to be sacrificed, Okonkwo takes part in the killing, fearing he will be considered
effeminate if he does not.

No doubt, Okonkwo has many
masculine traits according to his Igbo division's requirements. Okonkwo fears being
feminine as his father was. He strives to be as masculine as he can
be:

Okonkwo
strives to succeed in the traditional Igbo world, and he stands in stark contrast to
Unoka, his poor, lazy father. Okonkwo is afraid of failing and appearing weak like his
father. He disdains feminine activities such as playing the flute, and he gravitates to
the masculine energy in Igbo society by amassing material wealth in
yams.