[
UK
/mˌæskjʊlˈɪnɪti/
]
[ US /ˌmæskjəˈɫɪnəti/ ]
[ US /ˌmæskjəˈɫɪnəti/ ]
NOUN
- the properties characteristic of the male sex
- the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
How To Use masculinity In A Sentence
- I don't think his masculinity is in question.
- After September 11 everyone was talking about masculinity, mostly because any heterosexual woman who hadn't previously fetishized firemen now felt compelled to do so, if only out of gratitude.
- And Moore, perhaps more than a little challenged by his own insecurities, has made a film that is profoundly invested in manhood, masculinity, machismo.
- The merest hint of effeminacy is treated as treachery to masculinity, and traitors are subjected to the kinds of violence suffered by women.
- It is a peculiar notion of masculinity that is naturalised and internalised in everyday practices and relationships by both men and women.
- Men should not be expected to live up to stereotypical conceptions of heterosexuality and masculinity.
- Men should remember that muscularity is not masculinity and that self-esteem is not built on a six-pack of abdominal muscles.
- Drinking, and particularly the ability to hold a drink, is traditionally a barometer of masculinity.
- And it completes an equation between some idea of elemental work and essential masculinity.
- However, I had a view of what masculinity involved and he totally outclassed me.