masculinity

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The show explores middle-age desperation, loneliness and, notably, masculinity and male friendship.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

What Gyllenhaal was promoting was intangible, something that money couldn’t buy and no agent could secure: his personal definition of masculinity.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

It seems that Gyllenhaal isn’t experiencing a crisis of masculinity so much as a crisis of vulnerability — which is fitting, as the two are inextricably linked.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The looks-focused trend promotes a narrow and idealized version of masculinity with specific physical traits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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