masculinity

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He worries that Breck could be exposed to “this false sense we all have of what masculinity is. Masculinity is really important, and we should cherish and encourage the best parts of it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

In an influential 2012 paper for Psychology of Men & Masculinity, psychology professors Joseph Vandello and Jennifer Bosson defined it as “hard won and easily lost,” writing:

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

Masculinity has been a term used through history but not deeply interrogated, as this example of masculinity-turned-toxic demonstrates.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2023

Masculinity had a lot to do with it.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

“Shaggy like Chewbacca? Broken Roman nose? Barbarian eyes? Masculinity wrapped in cricket whites?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell