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masculinity

[mas-kyuh-lin-i-tee] / ˌmæs kjəˈlɪn ɪ ti /
NOUN
manliness
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Bra Steve is the local organiser of Father A Nation, a non-profit that works with men and boys to promote positive masculinity and help end violence against women.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Father A Nation operates across South Africa, teaching healthy masculinity and running training programmes across dozens of schools and colleges.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The film is directed by David Ayer, a purveyor of wild action flicks and ballads of masculinity; the screenplay is the debut effort of Cameron Alexander.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Sure, I had rolled my bespectacled eyes at the he-men flexing on my Instagram feed just the other day, but things were totally different now that I was a paragon of masculinity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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

The boreal pivot, whose journal is the awful, compact blue, may, for aught I know, be hobnobbing at this moment with the most masculine of starry masculinities.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various




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