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The only identity where proving you have it can cost you the thing itself.
means The set of traits, behaviors, and roles a culture associates with being male.
from From Latin masculinus ("male, of masculine gender"), from masculus ("male"), a diminutive of mas ("a male, a man"). The -us ending marked it as grammatically masculine before English borrowed the whole package through French masculin and bolted on -ity to turn an adjective into an abstract noun — a quality you could possess, measure, and, eventually, be told you lacked.
- origin story
- Latin masculus just meant male, not stoic
- anxious trait
- studies show it must be constantly re-earned, unlike womanhood
- moving target
- what counts as manly flips by decade and zip code
- paradox
- fragility talk makes men defensive, proving the fragility