masculinity

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He worries that Breck could be exposed to “this false sense we all have of what masculinity is. Masculinity is really important, and we should cherish and encourage the best parts of it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Masculinity has been a term used through history but not deeply interrogated, as this example of masculinity-turned-toxic demonstrates.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2023

Masculinity had a lot to do with it.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

Masculinity as a concept is in a state of flux.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2023

“Shaggy like Chewbacca? Broken Roman nose? Barbarian eyes? Masculinity wrapped in cricket whites?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell