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Quotes About Masculinity

We wanted proper outback: a place where men were men and sheep were nervous.
~ Bill Bryson
We were looking for the real outback where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.
~ Bill Bryson
The Duke [John Wayne] was a massive figure. He looked like a heavy piece of hauled lumber, and it didn't seem like any man could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
~ Bob Dylan
I found myself pinned to the hallway wall by six feet, two inches of hard, hot male.
~ Sylvia Day
He carried himself like a man who liked to fuck and knew he did it well. That subtle sexual arrogance.
~ Sylvia Day
Anonymous young men with all-American bone structures.
~ Sylvia Plath
I am part man, and I notice women's breasts and thighs with the calculation of a man choosing a mistress ... but that is the artist and the analytical attitude toward the female body ... for I am more a woman; even as I long for full breasts and a beautiful body, so do I abhor the sensuousness which they bring ... I desire the things which will destroy me in the end...
~ Sylvia Plath
In the air was the strong smell of masculinity which creates the ideal medium for me to exist in.
~ Sylvia Plath
There was more small talk, more laughing, sidelong glances, more of the unspoken physical friction that makes each new conquest so delightful. In the air was the strong smell of masculinity which creates the ideal medium for me to exist in. There was something in Emile tonight, a touch of seriousness, a chemical magnetism, that met my mood the way two pieces of a child's puzzle fit together.
~ Sylvia Plath
To be valued as a member of masculine Moroccan society, a man is expected to put in his time sitting, thinking, talking, or doing nothing at all.
~ Tahir Shah
He shook his head at himself as he walked out into the night. For guys, life was nothing but one big pissing contest. It was a pure damn wonder women didn't take over the world while men were busy trying to prove who had the biggest dick.
~ Tami Hoag
For guys, life was nothing but one big pissing contest. It was a pure damn wonder women didn't take over the world while men were busy trying to prove who had the biggest dick.
~ Tami Hoag
For guys, life was nothing but one big pissing contest. It was a pure damn wonder women didn't take over the world while men were busy trying to prove who had the biggest dick. He
~ Tami Hoag
If I'm gonna get fired for drinking on the job, I'm going to go down drinking a man's drink, Kovac said, raising his mug. Belching and farting all the way. Damn straight. You're a man's man, my friend. A credit to our gender. I'm proud to know you.
~ Tami Hoag
Inside I am a beautiful woman,' Okha said... 'The Trickster tapped me in my mother's womb and placed me in this man's shell.
~ Tamora Pierce
Boys worry just as much about their looks as girls do. We only hide it better.
~ Tamora Pierce
If you are a man, you will do it." "Oh no, lady. Only if I am your notion of a man.
~ Tanith Lee
The sensitive boy who reacts deeply to stimuli and exhibits emotional sensitivity is perfectly normal. However, there's something wrong with a society that shames males who do not act in a tough, aggressive, and emotionally repressed manner—especially when such a significant portion of the population simply isn't cut out for or comfortable with these behaviors.
~ Ted Zeff
The hardest part has been learning how to take myself seriously when the entire world is constantly telling me that femininity is always inferior to masculinity
~ Julia Serano
Male pride is not really about pride. It's about fear - the fear of being seen as feminine. And that's why "girl stuff" is so dangerous. And as long as most men remain deathly afraid of it, they'll continue to take it out on the rest of us.
~ Julia Serano
When you're a trans woman, you are made to walk this very fine line, where if you act feminine you are accused of being a parody, but if you act masculine, it is seen as a sign of your true male identity. And if you act sweet and demure, you're accused of reinforcing patriarchal ideals of female passivity, but if you stand up for your own rights and make your voice heard, then you are dismissed as wielding male privilege and entitlement.
~ Julia Serano
In a world where masculinity is respected and femininity is regularly dismissed, it takes an enormous amount of strength and confidence for any person, whether female- or male-bodied, to embrace their feminine self.
~ Julia Serano
In a male-centered gender hierarchy, where it is assumed that men are better than women and that masculinity is superior to femininity, there is no greater perceived threat than the existence of trans women, who despite being born male and inheriting male privilege 'choose' to be female instead.
~ Julia Serano
And if presidents and generals were man enough to wear lip gloss and mascara, they wouldn't have to prove their penis size by going to war all the time. Because male pride is not really about pride. It's about fear - the fear of being seen as feminine. And that's why "girl stuff" is so dangerous. And as long as most men remain deathly afraid of it, they'll continue to take it out on the rest of us.
~ Julia Serano