You can't talk about aggressive masculinity without talking about its obvious social benefits.
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What did not change was the culture of aggressive masculinity in Iowa's classrooms, restaurants, and watering holes.
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There, Macron kept a white-knuckled grip on Trump's hand for much longer than was necessary, a show of aggressive masculinity.
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This might be persuasive to those who admire Trumpian aggressive masculinity, but can also plausibly be seen as undercutting Kavanaugh's credibility.
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By the time male bravado was on full display, like in a 1989 press photo of Slick Rick where he's fully grabbing his crotch, aggressive masculinity still wasn't the whole story.
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Though there are plenty of shootouts along the way, the film isn't an action movie so much as it is a deconstruction and shunning of the aggressive masculinity so often associated with westerns, and the glamour that often accompanies such depictions.
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Though he sees himself as devoid of aggressive masculinity, Dawson periodically engages in some of the most typical dude behavior ever: In season three, he enters enters a sailing competition for the sole purpose of beating Pacey, because he doesn't want Pacey to date Joey, who he still has feelings for.
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And then there's the undercurrent of aggressive masculinity — as seen in Batman's shirtless CrossFit montage; Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck's shoulder-to-waist ratio and their tight outfits; the sniveling treatment of Lex Luthor; Snyder's bitter response to the criticism of Superman snapping Zod's neck and causing so much destruction in Man of Steel — that permeates the film.
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Men who exhibit a tough and aggressive masculinity on the sports field may display a softer masculinity in familial contexts. Masculinities vary by social class as well. Studies suggest working class constructions of masculinity to be more normative than are those from middle class men and boys.Martin, Karin A. 1996.
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According to Erin Waggoner, "Beauty and the Beasts" is an example of a Buffy episode that condemns aggressive masculinity. It shows a male student hoping to appear more virile by using a potion, resulting in a Jekyll and Hyde-style change of character and the physical and verbal abuse of his girlfriend.
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Henry's clothes and surroundings are ornate, with the original painting using gold leaf to highlight the opulence. The detailed blackwork embroidery is especially notable. He wears an array of jewellery including several large rings and a pair of necklaces. His large codpiece and heavily padded shoulders further enhance the aggressive masculinity of the image.
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The Warren Cup, portraying a mature bearded man and a youth on its "Greek" side A man or boy who took the "receptive" role in sex was variously called cinaedus, pathicus, exoletus, concubinus (male concubine), spintria ("analist"), puer ("boy"), pullus ("chick"), pusio, delicatus (especially in the phrase puer delicatus, "exquisite" or "dainty boy"), mollis ("soft", used more generally as an aesthetic quality counter to aggressive masculinity), tener ("delicate"), debilis ("weak" or "disabled"), effeminatus, discinctus ("loose- belted"), pisciculi, spinthriae, and morbosus ("sick"). As Amy Richlin has noted, "'gay' is not exact, 'penetrated' is not self-defined, 'passive' misleadingly connotes inaction" in translating this group of words into English.Richlin, "Not before Homosexuality," p. 531. According to Suetonius, emperor Titus (above) kept a great number of exoleti (see below) and eunuchs at his disposal Some terms, such as exoletus, specifically refer to an adult; Romans who were socially marked as "masculine" did not confine their same-sex penetration of male prostitutes or slaves to those who were "boys" under the age of 20.
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