masculine identity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmasculineandidentity
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masculine
adjective
uk/ˈmæs.kjə.lɪn/us/ˈmæs.kjə.lɪn/
having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of or suitable ...
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identity
noun
uk/aɪˈden.tə.ti/us/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/
a person's name and other facts about who ...
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(Definition ofmasculineandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmasculine identity
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While seeming, temporarily, to have reinforced the mythology of manliness, did they not, in the end, bear witness to the extreme fragility ofmasculineidentity?
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From this perspective, a worker role is central tomasculineidentity, and the economic domain is the primary venue for pursuing life goals.
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For women, this is instead "embedded speech," a temporary adoption ofmasculineidentity.
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This convergence of representations during the darkest years of the war points to a quest formasculineidentityin a nation fragmented by defeat.
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The nearly universal collapse of the economic base ofmasculineidentityproduced a patriarchal reassertion that suffused all discourse in the 1930s.
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But to what extent is it possible to discern this quest formasculineidentityat the level of the individual?
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Themasculineidentityhe fashioned for himself, in contradistinction to existing masculinities, was of a civil servant - disinterested, expert, scientific, working to manage the poor for the commonweal.
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Puberty was considered a dangerous transitional stage in the formation ofmasculineidentity.
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Masculineidentityconstructs and social reproduction of normative masculinity are some of the topics that have been addressed by a limited number of archaeologists.
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In either case, part of themasculineidentityand his self-respect is defined by his ability to provide for his family.
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The former is often associated with paternal andmasculineidentitywhile the latter is frequently tied to maternal and feminine identity.
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Rather, they seek to highlight the variety, complexity, and instability of masculine identities as well as the sometimes precarious position of men.
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This paper has illustrated but a handful of such examples, potential points of reference to build upon our understanding of mediated masculine identities in music performance.
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The gap between the desire and the reality is often the theme of tango, leading to bitterness, suffering or nostalgia, the unsettling of fixed masculine identities.
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Some of the liveliest and most original historical writing continues to be in the field of gender, women's history and the parallel reconsideration of early modern masculine identities.
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