A quotation from Shakespeare

ALEXANDER: They say he is a very man per se
   And stands alone.
CRESSIDA: So do all men unless they are drunk, sick,
      or have no legs.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 19ff (1.2.19-22) (1602)

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Ancient cultures did not simply “discover” masculinity. They constructed it. 🏛️⚔️

Manhood was trained through honor, hierarchy, violence, household rule, sexual control, and public proof.

Toxic masculinity has old roots, but history shows how unnatural its “natural order” really was.

#AncientHistory #Masculinity #GenderHistory #Brewminate

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Ancient Masculinity and Toxic Manhood

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Online masculinity turns old patriarchal anxieties into content, branding, and profit.

The mask changed. The script did not.

#Masculinity #GenderStudies

#OnlineCulture #Brewminate
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The Rise of the Performative Male Online

Explore how young men are reshaping masculinity online through irony, aesthetics, vulnerability, performance, and digital identity.

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A cis-man injecting testosterone is "gender affirming care" and should be called that.
Real Men don't for health scams from grifters, they have more self respect

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/10/invented-spurious-pseudo-disease-why-are-so-many-men-being-told-they-have-low-testosterone

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‘They’ve invented a spurious pseudo-disease’: why are so many men being told they have low testosterone?

Social media influencers and booming men’s health companies are pushing the hormone as an answer to all ills. But is ‘low T’ really problematic – or something created to sell men a cure to a problem they don’t have?

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Kyle Kingsbury Podcast Podcast: Podcast promoter books random guests with the wrong Kyle, who gamely interviews them anyway. Hilarity ensues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZJSEpNhZAw&t=1134s
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Is #masturbation really a waste of time?

When a voice in your head whispers that you’ve wasted your time masturbating, recognize it for what it is: the ghost of a world that sees you as nothing more than a useful tool. It speaks the language you learned long ago, the one that dictates that your value be measured solely by what you produce for others.

In this narrow view, your penis is reduced to a valve: something to be serviced quickly (if at all) so you can return to being a useful tool.

When you choose to #edge — to linger in the pleasure of your #masculinity and savour your #penis — you are committing a radical act of rebellion. It’s a way of reclaiming your time from a society that feels entitled to your every breath. Society wants you to believe this is avoidance on your part, but it’s really reclamation. Because you are stepping out of the frantic stream of doing and into the sacred stillness of being.

You were raised to believe that your worth is a currency to be spent on others, and that focusing on your own pleasure is selfish. But here’s the truth: you can’t pour from an empty cup. Taking time for yourself is a spiritual necessity. It is the charging of your internal battery, the silencing of the world’s noise, and your fundamental right to inhabit your own skin without apology or guilt.

This guilt you feel, in fact, isn’t a sign of wrongdoing. It is simply the friction of your old chains rubbing against your true self.

Own your time. Own your pleasure. Own who you are.

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Douglas Stuart speaks to Terry Gross about Scotland, masculinity, and the isolation of secret-keeping.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810167/scottish-novelist-douglas-stuart-on-the-isolation-of-secret-keeping

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Wondering if this was what happened with that explosion in Bristol a few days ago? Police were called to a 'domestic', then explosion.

Pathetic males and their insane entitlement....

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/06/man-fatally-stabbed-partner-and-tried-to-blow-up-their-london-home-court-hears

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Man fatally stabbed partner and tried to blow up their London home, court hears

Clifton George admits manslaughter but denies murder of Annabel Rook, whom he stabbed at least 22 times

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Masculine behavior bad for the planet says new research

Major new research on climate change, global warming and environmental collapse, how they connect with what men do, and what to do about it has just been published by a team including the University of Huddersfield's Professor Jeff Hearn.

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