Masculinity Tropes

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One of many reasons that fiction thinks "Testosterone" means "Awesome".

"I’m not on board with this modern trend of telling men that they should act less like men. I dream of a world where the beer is cheap and plentiful, violence can still be an acceptable solution to life’s problems" —Introduction to Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

Tropes about what is "macho", being a "real man", and the various cultural expectations of what is and isn't masculine, and even things that are considered emasculating.

Compare Tomboy.

Contrast Bishonen, Femininity Tropes.

Not to be confused with The Real Man.

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Tropes

Related:

• Badass
• Princely Tropes
• Rule of Cool

• Hunk
• I Want to Be A Real Man
• Macho Camp
• Macho Masochism
• Man Hug
• A Man Is Not a Virgin
• Manly Gay
• Manly Tears (the masculine way to cry)
• Manly Men Can Hunt
• Masculine Girl Feminine Boy
• Men Can't Keep House
• Men Don't Cry (unless they are manly tears)
• One of the Boys (a girl who does guy thing with with the guys)
• Passionate Sports Girl (a girl who is passionate about playing traditional male sports)
• Pink Is for Sissies (wearing that color makes a guy un-masculine)
• Purple Is Powerful (involves purple being seen as a manly color)
• Rated M for Manly
• A Real Man Is a Killer
• A Real Man Pees Standing Up
• Real Men Cook
• Real Men Eat Meat
• Real Men Get Shot
• Real Men Hate Affection
• Real Men Hate Sugar
• Real Men Wear Pink (Defying the notion that anything feminine ruins masculinity)
• Testosterone Poisoning