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masculinity

[ UK /mˌæskjʊlˈɪnɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌmæskjəˈɫɪnəti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the properties characteristic of the male sex
  2. 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.
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