Masculinity
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| - | {{GFDL}} | + | '''Masculinity''' refers to qualities and behaviors judged by a particular culture to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to [[men]] and [[boys]]. Distinct from [[male]]ness, which is a biological and physiological classification concerned with the reproductive system, masculinity principally refers to socially acquired traits and secondary sex characteristics. [[Cicero]] wrote that "a man's chief quality is courage." ''[[Virility|Virile]]'' (from Latin ''vir'', man) is a near-[[synonym]] for masculine. The [[Complementarity|complement]] of masculinity is ''[[femininity]]''.{{GFDL}} |
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Masculinity refers to qualities and behaviors judged by a particular culture to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to men and boys. Distinct from maleness, which is a biological and physiological classification concerned with the reproductive system, masculinity principally refers to socially acquired traits and secondary sex characteristics. Cicero wrote that "a man's chief quality is courage." Virile (from Latin vir, man) is a near-synonym for masculine. The complement of masculinity is femininity.
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