Masculinity Quotes

103 quotes by 89 authors

Toxic masculinity hurts men, but thereâ€™s a big difference between women dealing with the constant threat of being raped, beaten, and killed by the men… — Robert Jensen
It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their… — Clarence Clemons
People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule. — Leslie Feinberg
As boys without bonds to their fathers grow older and more desperate about their masculinity, they are in danger of forming gangs in which they… — Frank Pittman
I've worked in pubs for years and you get people challenging you. Challenging your masculinity. — Carl Froch
Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is… — John Boyle O'Reilly
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every person… — Eknath Easwaran
Well, the tyranny of masculinity and the tyranny of patriarchy I think has been much more deadly to men than it has to women. It… — Eve Ensler
I can only approach it as a woman. Masculinity has been depicted in very black-and-white terms. There never seems to be a wide range of… — Collier Schorr
At a young age, boys learn that to express compassion or empathy is to show weakness. They hear confusing messages that force them to repress… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom
The stage, the screen, the novel, casual conversation, the street discussion, and too often the fireside intimacies are punctuated with blasphemy, to which may be… — Ezra Taft Benson
No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity. — Veronica Roth
Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do… — Graham Norton
Masculinity & femininity are just styles. They are interpretations — Rad Hourani
I'm very empathic to the construction of masculinity within our culture and how we build these identities up. — Catherine Opie
The finest people marry the two sexes in their own person. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in… — Andrea Dworkin
In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to… — Rachael Taylor
I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so… — K D Lang
Surely women's liberation is a most unpromising panacea. But the movement is working politically, because our sexuality is so confused, our masculinity so uncertain, and… — George Gilder

Who Wrote These Masculinity Quotes

89 authors contributed a total of 103 Masculinity Quotes, led by these top contributors: