Quotes About Masculinity

It's why real men just go out in the woods and howl. I must do it and get paid.

It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to both dish out and take a lot of pain. They are taught the rules of this road in gyms, rings, backyards and fields all over America.

Some men feel threatened by the idea of feminism. This comes, I think, from the insecurity triggered by how boys are brought up, how their sense of self-worth is diminished if they are not 'naturally' in charge as men.

Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.

Asian men are sexy, confident, and passionate - and three-dimensional. We want the opportunity to portray roles that reflect who we are in real life.

Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl.

I'm more attracted to a stronger man rather than a feminine man. Someone who would just throw me down and take control. I love feeling helpless. I definitely like a man who is aggressive and confident.

For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir.

Guys know how to read each other's signals. They know how to telegraph love for one another without throwing their arms around one another.

With 'Lonely Thug,' I constructed a fantasy character who was very masculine and strong and almost threatening, but his demeanor belied some complication.

I went to high school every single day in an all-male Jesuit school at McQuaid with short hair, no beard, suit jacket, tie.

I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.

In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.

A red tie is contrary to the dignity of the tie and of male dress in general.

Women may think men have it all, but only because we've been socialized to express the emotions that are tied to this reality differently, which is to say, men are not to express the emotions that are tied to it.

Oakland, by far, is really gorgeous; it still has these pockets that are really dangerous. Certain things are kind of normal. I think kids out there can be tested in a way where his right of passage ties into a bit of violence and how that has become these markers in masculinity and you being kind of validated after having to pass through things.

My sex appeal lies in suits and ties, but my body is femme.

I don't like tight pants on guys.

You pay a whore to make you feel like a man, you fund a philharmonic to make yourself feel like a refined man.

The planet has been taken over by testosterone-fuelled madness.

El papel de chica. Poner vocecita de niña. Usar zapatos planos para asegurarte de no ser más alta que él. La mano grande en tu hombro. Él diciéndote que todo saldrá bien. «Estás guapísima», dicho así,con esa autoridad. Dejarle tomar el mando. Dejarle conducir. Dejarle decidir. Él llevándote en brazos a la cama. El subidón de sentirte sexualmente indefensa ante eso. Ser un objeto de deseo para los hombres. Hasta nunca.

He tasted of whisky and his skin was rough where he hadn't shaved, but Mirabelle kissed him back.

Look - guys are dogs. Women have known this since the beginning of time. Guys don't want to be chased; they chase. So if you're going to catch one, you have to know how to make him chase you.

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.