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> [“The problem with the 'masculinity crisis' is not that women have excelled too much and therefore created a crisis for men, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samhita-mukhopadhyay/the-problem-with-the-masculinity-crisis-is-not-that-women-have/)

[Samhita Mukhopadhyay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samhita-mukhopadhyay/)

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> [I do think that there is a real crisis of masculinity that's happening in America. I think the problem is - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/i-do-think-that-there-is-a-real-crisis-of-masculinity-that-s/)

[Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/)

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> [I think a case could be made that there's sort of a crisis of masculinity in the West. Particularly with white males.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-thompson/i-think-a-case-could-be-made-that-there-s-sort-of-a-crisis-of/)

[Scott Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-thompson/)

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> [“Killing Us Softly 4,6 and Katz’s DVD is titled Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity.7) As”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/killing-us-softly-4-6-and-katz-s-dvd-is-titled-tough-guise-violence/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [The crisis facing men is not the crisis of masculinity, it is the crisis of patriarchal masculinity. Until we make this distinction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-crisis-facing-men-is-not-the-crisis-of-masculinity-it-is-the/)

[Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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