How do you define masculinity?

roe_ · 2014-06-11T20:34:04+00:00

Protect, provide, procreate.

The challenge is, how do you process that through the filter of modernity?

[deleted] · 2014-06-12T00:15:04+00:00

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SacreBleuMe · 2014-06-11T21:41:27+00:00

I like Jack Donovan's musings on the subject.

Traditional masculinity is essentially a prescription for facilitating the survival of your tribe or community in a harsh environment. Obviously in the modern world, that definition is somewhat obsolete.

However, I believe that in general, gender roles are more embedded in our instincts than most of us would like to admit, and that a person who is good at conforming to their gender role has a higher likelihood of being happier than someone who isn't.

Will_Im_Not · 2014-06-11T23:53:11+00:00

To me, masculinity is predominately a cultural concept. We associate things like beer, sports, and the color blue with masculinity whereas things like margaritas, fashion, and the color pink are linked with femininity. Some of these have somewhat logical reasons (men are physically stronger so it makes sense that we'd like sports more) but some of these are completely arbitrary. Why does color have an association with gender? Why on earth is one spectrum of light more "manly" than another? Studies have shown that babies wrapped in a different colored blanket influences the way people will perceive that baby, regardless of its actual gender!

tl;dr masculinity is mostly the arbitrary sum of cultural stereotypes about men.

imissedaword · 2014-06-11T22:34:04+00:00

Aggression, guardianship (but not control), adaptability, contained emotion, a willingness to aggression, understanding good risk and risk. Probably a few more. I think it's important to state the opposite of masculine, to me, isn't feminine but unmasculine, which I see as distinctly different.

myfriendscantknow · 2014-06-11T21:13:36+00:00

Masculinity is having to do with the cultural trappings of men. Beer, sports, hunting, fishing, aggression, fighting, bodybuilding, action movies, etc. etc. Those stuff are stereotypically associated with men. It is largely unimportant except as an easy shorthand (I believe the same thing about femininity).

[deleted] · 2014-06-12T10:32:30+00:00

Generally a disposition towards enjoying dominance. However, not necessarily with a sexual intent, not necessarily with people you love and not necessarily in an asshole way. You just like when one football team totally wipes the field with another one, okay?

aaron_the_just · 2014-06-12T19:29:09+00:00

However men have typically behaved throughout recorded human history.

RedPill4LYF · 2014-06-11T22:23:02+00:00

Not putting up with bitch behavior.

GaiusScaevolus · 2014-06-13T05:30:12+00:00

Strength, dominance, and competence.

Title	How do you define masculinity?
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Upvotes	4
Comments	25
Date	June 11, 2014 8:25 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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