virility
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What McCarthy discovers is that in a society obsessed with male bravado, one that far too often values virility above vulnerability, it’s the knocking down of emotional walls that enables male friendships to thrive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Mr. Strong’s Oedipus is a commanding figure, exuding virility and seeming to tower over everyone around him, a pillar of rectitude and confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025
Chakwera and Biya used very different approaches to tackle the rumours about illnesses, but they had a similar intent - to project, and protect, an image of strength and virility.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024
He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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