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Honor, courage, temperance (which refers to more than not drinking), level-headedness, etc are still attributes the modern world considers 'manly.' Unfortunatel
by anon291 4y ago
Honor, courage, temperance (which refers to more than not drinking), level-headedness, etc are still attributes the modern world considers 'manly.' Unfortunately, the context your most likely to hear 'masculinity' talked about today is when its prefixed by 'toxic'. Not too long ago, manliness meant good things like taking responsibility, stability, strength, etc. Suddenly, the modern day has conflated masculinity and virility (good attributes) with macho culture (not necessarily great... this is masculinity without temperance).
Interestingly enough the word 'virtuous' also quite literally means virile