‘Strong’ and ‘tough.’ Males across many cultures often identify these common traits to describe ‘real men.’
In our North American retreats on healthy masculinity as we examine the so-called ‘man box’ of dominate masculinity, ‘strong’ and ‘tough’ are heard repeatedly. These same words were used at recent men’s retreats I led in South Africa and Tanzania.
How are we to understand that ‘strong’ and ‘tough’ are so frequently used to describe what ‘real men’ are like?
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