Tag: Masculinity

Hey there, peeps! I know, I know, I just dropped the M-word — Masculinity. Scary territory, huh? Well, fasten your seatbelts and stow away your preconceptions because we’re taking a little detour off the traditional highway of manhood. Let’s Break It Down Before we ...

The term given to a certain type of lesbian. It evokes images of Lea DeLaria, k. d. lang, Anne Lister, Ellen DeGeneres… of black motorcycle jackets, baseball caps, makeup-free faces, and flat, sensible shoes. Butches are the visible lesbians, the ones who challenge the narrow definition of...

Looking at the world of today, I perceive a fragile state of masculinity. Men don’t understand how to be in modern times. Masculinity is being questioned, criticized and — according to many subgroups of “men’s rights” — outright threatened. While men are...

A sweeping aerial shot of a mountain landscape cascades downwards. The setting sun bathes the Earth in its glow. A deep, authoritative voice booms, “In a world where adventure begins where the road ends…you need options.” A truck barrels through a dirt road. Its all-terrain tir...

A recent study by the Associate Management Professor Dustin Sleesman (Ph.D.) at the Alfred Lener College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware suggests it hasn’t. When interviewed by the University of Delaware Magazine (11/3/23), Sleesman said, “Men tend to be aggressive w...

Throughout history, masculinity has been defined by certain established norms, often including strength, dominance, and emotional stoicism. These norms, while having roots in cultural and societal constructs, have evolved to a point where they sometimes manifest in harmful ways. This harmful express...

A horrible tragedy unfolded in Texas where at least 19 children and two adults were killed when a teenage gunman shot them at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a small, predominantly Latino town in South Texas on May 24, 2022, in which the 18-year-old went classroom to classroom ...

Hollywood Has a Type First things first, let’s address that big elephant in the room: Hollywood. Yep, Hollywood has been shaping, or should I say, misshaping our idea of what it means to be an Asian man for, like, forever. How many times have you seen an Asian male character who&r...

If you know, you know. If you don’t, there is a whole male population of our culture that has been criticized for being Machismo. The Toxic Masculinity of the Latinx community. If you’re familiar with my work, you know this is right up my alley. Mexican culture and generational t...

It began way before women were called bitches and ho’s on wax. Rap didn’t invent misogyny, but the art form did usher it into a new millennium. Now, rather than MCs rhyming about pimping, internet influencers are bragging about being involved in human trafficking. A couple of them have b...

What do you envision when told to visualize a skincare commercial? Could it be an individual tossing bubbly water onto their face in front of a mirror and flashing a grin? Was that individual man or woman identifying? The marketing for skincare itself is huge, but the marketing for men’s sk...