Masculinity: Difference between revisions

'''Masculinity''' (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles commonly associated with boys and men.  Any gender can exhibit masculine traits and behavior.<ref name="Taylor">{{Cite web |title=Masculinity Doesn't Belong to Any Gender and Other Reasons Why Policing Sexuality Does Not Work |last=Taylor |first=Sonya Renee |work=The Body Is Not An Apology |date=17 November 2018 |access-date=31 May 2020 |url= https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/masculinity-doesnt-belong-to-any-gender-and-other-reasons-why-policing-sexuality-does-not-work/}}</ref> Those exhibiting both masculine and [[feminine]] characteristics can be considered [[androgynous]].

Women can also express masculine traits and behaviors.<ref name="Keith">{{cite book |last1=Keith |first1=Thomas |title=Masculinities in contemporary American culture: an intersectional approach to the complexities and challenges of male identity |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=9781317595342 |pages=4–5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_niDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |authorlink=Jack Halberstam |last1=Halberstam |first1=Judith |editor-last1=Halberstam |editor-first1=Judith |title=Female Masculinity |date=1998 |publisher=Duke University Press |location=Durham, North Carolina |isbn=9780822322436 |page=[https://archive.org/details/femalemasculinit00judi/page/ xi] |chapter=Preface |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYAi9OEYRekC&pg=PR11 |url=https://archive.org/details/femalemasculinit00judi/page/ }}</ref> In Western culture, female masculinity has been codified into identities such as "[[tomboy]]" and "[[butch]]". Although female masculinity is often associated with [[lesbian]]ism, expressing masculinity is not necessarily related to a person's [[Orientation|sexuality]]. In [[feminist]] philosophy, female masculinity is often characterized as a type of gender performance which challenges traditional masculinity and patriarchy.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Gardiner | first = Judith Kegan | title = Female masculinities: a review essay | journal = Men and Masculinities | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | pages = 622–633 | doi = 10.1177/1097184X08328448 | date = December 2009 | ref = harv | url = https://zenodo.org/record/896773 }}</ref>

*{{Cite web |title=Is Healthy Masculinity a Lost Cause?: A Non-binary Person's Thoughts on New Masculinity |last=Nersesyan |first=Mihran |work=The Body Is Not An Apology |date=2 October 2017|url= https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/is-masculinity-a-lost-cause-thoughts-on-a-new-masculinity-from-a-non-binary-person/}}

*{{Cite web |title=Navigating Toxic Masculinity as a Demiguy |last=Paramo |first=Holly |work=Medium |date=20 October 2017 |url= https://medium.com/@Michael_Paramo/navigating-toxic-masculinity-as-a-demiguy-7f94e6e3514a}}