manhood

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If the truth about manhood is what Gyllenhaal has been seeking, whatever revelations he’s come to over the last six years look strikingly familiar.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

He likened the war to a test of manhood for boys.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

A problem of our age is the strategic non sequiturs that leaders turn into tests of their prestige and manhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Washington had spent his young manhood fighting with the British to expel the French from North America.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis