Alex Pretti, a young ICU VA nurse, exemplified the true spirit of masculinity by bravely defending the innocent from armed thugs, in stark contrast to the toxic masculinity that often dominates ...

Pretti’s death is a tragedy. But tragedy is not a template. Turning it into a masculinity myth does not honor the dead. It ...

When it comes to defining what masculinity really means, and teaching boys how to be men — the subject of SheKnows’ recent “Be a Man” series — much of our current narrative needs to be flipped on its ...

Let’s face it – there’s a vast difference between true strength and performative masculinity. True strength doesn’t come with a swagger or a loud voice. It’s not about flexing muscles or dominating ...

Many young men are in crisis not because they lack masculinity, but because they’ve inherited only its shadow. The phrase “masculine energy” has been thrown around with such frequency lately that it’s ...

We gay boys and men have struggled for forever with reconciling mainstream definitions of masculinity with how we feel inside. Ideals of masculinity have in the past been so powerfully put forth, and ...