Reading how to be male: Boys' literature reflects the rise of aggressive masculinity

There's growing concern about the rise of harmful and aggressive forms of masculinity, whether at home, in schools or in ...
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Children who “play like boys” in preschool show better spatial abilities a decade later

An analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children data found that children with masculine-typical play styles at 3.5 years of age tend to perform better in a mental rotation task when ...
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For Teen Boys, Traditional Masculinity Is Evolving — But It Still Has a Long Way To Go

Strong. Emotionless. Powerful. Dominant. Muscular. Those are just a few words used by teens to describe traditional manhood. If a male doesn’t fit into those categories, what then? What messages about ...
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Inside ‘A Boy That Don’t Bleed,’ Caleb Hahne Quintana’s Poetic Unveiling of Masculine Vulnerability

Describing Caleb Hahne Quintana’s paintings as figurative feels reductive. With extraordinary command of brush and light, his work occupies an untamed space between lived experience and the ...