manhood

Example Sentences

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These heroic shows of manhood long fascinated Mojica, who frequented jaripeos with family — and quietly forged a community with other locals who diverged from Mexican gender norms.

From Los Angeles Times

As an invisible witness, she takes an almost anthropological approach to understanding her youngest grandchild and his peers, boys on the cusp of manhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jordan said he is talking about his journey because the way that prostate cancer and notions of manhood and masculinity are interwoven means men don’t like to talk about the disease — Black men especially.

From Los Angeles Times

Rogan may not think he’s a clown like Johnson, but both built their careers by playing to male insecurities and the ever-elusive fantasy of “true” manhood.

From Salon

Instead, these men are trapped in their own heads, their tender, confessional musings about God, war and manhood so rudimentary that they never aspire to the heights of folksy poetry.

From Los Angeles Times