I hazard a guess what the American Psychological Association would say, given their recent release of guidelines concerning ‘traditional masculinity.’
They would probably say my fruitless pursuit of these things out of a desire to be accepted by society as manly is ‘toxic’ and unproductive.
What then should I do?
Several weeks back, while out for breakfast with my cousins Micah and Sterling, somehow the topic of facial hair came up. How and why it came up now escapes me, but it did. And, thinking that as good a time … Continued
There’s been a lot of debate in American culture the past several years regarding how to be a real man. Magazine covers, movie stars, internet memes, the “lumbersexual” fashion trend of beards and flannel shirts paired oddly with skinny-jeans. Everywhere … Continued