Quote by Samhita Mukhopadhyay

The demands of having to be 'masculine' are as damaging to men as the demands of having to be 'feminine' are to women. I…

— Naomi Alderman

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into…

— Camille Paglia

I think when we start to understand what masculinity and femininity is, then men won't fear so much the feminine side coming out. And…

— Hamid Drake

Freud says, Man fears that his strength will be taken from him by woman, dreads becoming infected with her femininity and then proving himself…

— Camille Paglia

Toxic masculinity hurts men, but there’s a big difference between women dealing with the constant threat of being raped, beaten, and killed by the…

— Robert Jensen

Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Masculinity is kind of a toxic curse, isn't it? The expectations of it were hard on me.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

“so many issues and problems in a male dominated world derive from the aggressive, secretive and often insensitive masculine ego.”

— Andrew Morton

Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but…

— Eva Cox

Masculinity is a terrible problem, as we construe it and shape it.

— Susan Griffin

It’s not manly to hurt others or belittle them. Respect and kindness require more courage because people take advantage of those.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon