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Noun
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Mac's deeply closeted, Catholic-guilty homosexuality had been treated as a joke throughout the show's run, with the joke never truly being about Mac being gay, but about how his desperate repression had twisted him into a caricature of grasping masculinity.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025 -
These authors, alongside psychologists, activists and public health experts, are reframing the narrative around masculinity and emphasizing the need for emotional literacy and awareness.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
6 July 2025
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At some point during the build, construction equipment had leveled the ceremonial site of the Miccosukee’s Green Corn dance, where every new year, the tribe inducted boys into manhood in a ceremony.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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The traditional markers of manhood, like being the breadwinner and having a romantic partner, are out of reach for many young men.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
24 June 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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One of the most famous of the walkers was Edward Payton Weston, whose many ultra-walks touted a mix of sensationalism, spectacle, manliness, and health.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Mar. 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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This and That • If the pissing in his tight pants escapade wasn’t enough of a sign, Harry’s worried about what growing older will do to his virility.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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An emerging critique of aggrieved white machismo comes off, mostly, as a shallow topical hook.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Their meanderings spawn endless trading back and forth in a pathetic, albeit machismo, fashion.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
21 May 2025
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“Maleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maleness. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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