Quotes About Masculinity

Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

Don't shave, don't shower, don't care. Be really stinky and wear the same clothes every day. I think what makes a man sexy is not being self-aware. That's what's really cute to me.

As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.

Gut it is will move us from the gutter .. . to the rebirth of real men.

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think like a guy, but I'm feminine. So I relate to feminine men.

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

To define a man: he must be a creature who makes me feel that I am a woman.

The worst is when men try too hard, because it's not very masculine. Your outfit has to look like 'Oh, I just grabbed that.' Not too calculated. Jeans, a t-shirt: the simpler the better.

Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

You know men. We have delicate egos.

The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.

Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.

Straight men need to be emasculated.... Every straight guy should have a man's tongue in his mouth at least once.

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

Sometimes a man has to cry. Even if he is a man.

Men are pigs. Too bad we own everything.

To be sure he's a Man, the male must see to it that the female be clearly a Woman, the opposite of a Man, that is, the female must act like a faggot.

The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.

I believe in the difference between men and women. In fact, I embrace the difference.

Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.