masculinity
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It’s an anxiety born from the conundrum of masculinity, in which a “man card” must be punched before one is accepted into the tribe of Manly Men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Ohl criticised this view of masculinity as problematic, warning it normalised an idea of "the biological male who is potentially more violent and aggressive".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dr Alex Blower, a researcher specialising in masculinity, inequality, and education, founded Boys' Impact, a UK-wide network which looks at improving opportunities for young men from working class backgrounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
To understand peptide mania, he said, you need to understand that wellness has become profoundly obsessed with masculinity.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
It was cool to see an adult man not caring about society’s artificial rules for masculinity, though.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Ben Hurst from Beyond Equality, a UK-based organisation focused on "rethinking masculinities", speaks to young men in schools.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He is a frequent contributor to Ms. Magazine, where he writes about masculinities, politics, and violence.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
There is not, for example, enough deep research on African American masculinities, Latino masculinities, poor masculinities or rural masculinities.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 3, 2023
We were all dressed in suits, and some of us who were more effeminate or more borderless in our construction of Black masculinities were put into this very respectable kind of presentation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
But there were frivolities in the education of women then which were almost as conspicuous as are the masculinities that have since taken their place.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by George Cary Eggleston
