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Noun
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An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Her work challenges traditional codes of masculinity, using subtle draping and unexpected cuts to create a new language of style.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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This puts intense pressure on them to leap from boyhood directly into manhood.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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His political identity has become fused with the idea that manhood and success are defined by family formation, financial dominance, and control of the cultural narrative.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But just like the men who understood changing a diaper in the 1990s didn't take away their manliness, so can participating in their spouse's emotional needs.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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There's a true earthy manliness that's really f---ing raw and awesome.—
Yolanda Machado,
EW.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Beards emerged as legible emblems of male virility and authority just as women began demanding the vote.—
Book Marks
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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This emphasis on women’s bodies and behaviors is especially conspicuous amid a broader cultural preoccupation with male virility.—
Lucy Tu,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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Advertisement Gudsen's fractured identity—swaggering machismo versus devoted family man—might suggest dissociative identity disorder, but Lehane resists reducing him to a clinical label.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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But for readers, the brutality of Girlie’s work chronicles is offset by her personality—she’s got machismo, smarts, swagger.—
Sarah Rose Etter,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Maleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maleness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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