virility

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All of this was possible because medieval French society linked masculinity inextricably with virility and procreation.

From Salon

It's very common to see gods with erect phalluses, which is an expression of strength, masculinity and also for virility.

From Salon

Take, for instance, Jordan Peterson, who has overcome a creepy personal visage and voice that sounds like a Muppet, simply with incoherent ramblings about how feminism supposedly suppresses the virility of modern men.

From Salon

“It is a type of affinity with the American worker, and I think it does connote an image of male virility and machismo that is important for a leader who wants to appear strong.”

From New York Times

“Hemingway clearly felt he’d surpassed Fitzgerald both in literary and physical virility,” he added.

From New York Times