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Masculinity

I'll ask this question of the brotherhood:

Did any of you grow up with pressure to exhibit a certain type of masculinity through external activities, such as sports, hunting, etc.? Or were you taught there is only one type of masculinity, perhaps shown through aggression, misogyny, etc.?

My father was a serial adulterer but wasn't exactly the most masculine man around. There was never any pressure on me from him to act a certain way. For me, trying to learn what masculinity was, what being a true male was, I was gathering clues from classmates and society as a whole. This wasn't always successful, but I feel I navigated the many types of masculine expression fairly well until coming into my own as an adult male.

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