
But I still see this a lot with the younger generation…they misconstrue disrespect as being “masculine” — being hard core and rough and rude, as opposed to being a gentleman. If your partner’s not acting right and you want to hit them, that’s not masculine, that’s stupid. I d…
ranscend. Masculinity can be a site of trauma and pain for a lot of people of al…e part for me comes from work within constrictions — societal and physical — in order to transcend. Masculinity can be a site of trauma and pain for a lot of people of all genders — but it can also be a way of creating connections and leading quiet revolutions.
ork until one day I just stopped an… but I thought that being a cook was feminine, so I would break my back doing all these other jobs. I used to do landscaping, groundsman work until one day I just stopped and said, you know what, that’s not being masculine! Being masculine means carrying yourself well, dressing nice, sharp! It’s not about what you do for a living or how many tattoos you’ve got or how much weight can you lift. It’s about how you carry yourself.