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Recent Examples of unmasculineThe obvious split between masculine, feminine, and implicitly unmasculine is key to Campion’s pompous storytelling.—Armond White, National Review, 31 Dec. 2021 On the other side of the divide, college is viewed as meandering, luxurious, usurious, and somehow unmasculine, which explains the increasing college gender gap (not only in enrollment, but increasingly completion).—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 There are some people who worry the vaccine was authorized too quickly, and even some men who think protection from a deadly virus is unmasculine.—Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 20 May 2021
In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.
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Armond White,
National Review,
29 Dec. 2023
Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?
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Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Nov. 2018
The Spanish royal’s frock featured delicate florals throughout, set against the dark base fabric, providing a striking contrast and extra feminine touch.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
The feminine ballerina flat get reimagined for fall with a twist that commands a more downtown edge–thanks to bold details like thinner-than-usual straps and an eye-catching pattern.
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