Looking at history will probably give you more support for 'traditional' masculinity if only for the reason that tradition and history run alongside each other. So I'm not sure if it's the most reliable guide regarding what women are looking for today. It's also wrong to essentialize "masculinity" as a set of invariable traits to emulate, like saying that to be masculine to be like a moving rock, while femininity is about being a gentle princess. Stoicism can be a virtue, and nowadays we think o…
