Historically, masculine attributes such as beard growth have been seen as signs of virility and leadership ( for example, in ancient Egypt and Greece ).

Historically, masculine attributes such as beard growth have been seen as signs of virility and leadership ( for example in ancient Egypt and Greece ).

In contrast to the discipline of masculine psychology, men's studies programs and courses often include contemporary discussions of men's rights, masculism, feminist theory, queer theory, matriarchy, patriarchy, and more generally, the social, historical, and cultural constructions of men and virility.

Fascism promoted principles of masculine heroism, militarism and discipline, and rejected cultural pluralism and multiculturalism.

Rather, it would have the man who devotes himself to the truth to be masculine both in acts of endurance and patience – in life, conduct, word, and discipline.

Margaret Conkey and Janet Spector ’ s 1984 paper Archaeology and the Study of Gender summed up the feminist critique of the discipline at that time: that archaeologists were unproblematically overlaying modern-day, Western gender norms onto past societies, for example in the sexual division of labor ; that contexts and artifacts attributed to the activities of men, such as projectile point production and butchering at kill sites, were prioritized in research time and funding ; and that the very character of the discipline was constructed around masculine values and norms.

For example, women were generally encouraged to pursue laboratory studies instead of fieldwork ( although there were exceptions throughout the history of the discipline ) and the image of the archaeologist was centered around the rugged, masculine, “ cowboy of science ”.

* in exclamations, such as me miseram, " wretched me " ( spoken by Circe to Ulysses in Ovid's Remedium Amoris ; note that this is feminine: the masculine form would be me miser < ins > um </ ins >).

" A woman cannot be herself in modern society ," he argues, since it is " an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with prosecutors and judges who assess feminine conduct from a masculine standpoint.

The name in Spanish can be preceded by singular masculine article ( el chupacabras ), or the plural masculine article ( los chupacabras ).

Other things associated with fire and yellow bile in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of summer, since it increased the qualities of heat and aridity ; the choleric temperament ( of a person dominated by the yellow bile humour ); the masculine ; and the eastern point of the compass.

Other things associated with air and blood in ancient and medieval medicine included the season of spring, since it increased the qualities of heat and moisture ; the sanguine temperament ( of a person dominated by the blood humour ); hermaphrodite ( combining the masculine quality of heat with the feminine quality of moisture ); and the northern point of the compass.

Waley's translation can also be understood as the Esoteric Feminine in that it can be known intuitively, that must be complemented by the masculine, " male " ( or Yang ), again amplified in Qingjing Jing ( verse 9-13 ).

" Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell " that their " ambiguous choice " was " dictated by a sort of conscientious scruple at assuming Christian names positively masculine, while we did not like to declare ourselves women, because ... we had a vague impression that authoresses are liable to be looked on with prejudice " Charlotte contributed 20 poems, and Emily and Anne each contributed 21.

A masculine Elb is reconstructed from the plural by Jacob Grimm, Deutsches Wörterbuch, who rejects Elfe as a ( then, in the 1830s ) recent anglicism.

It is expressed through both philosophical tracts and metaphor that the potentiality of masculine being is given actuation by the feminine divine.

The Gaelic triangular, wire-strung harp has always been known by the feminine term cruit but by 1204 was certainly known by the masculine term ' clàr ' ( board ) and, by the 14th century, by the feminine form of ' clàr ', i. e., ' clàirseach / clàrsach '.

Sheldon influenced this award through her use of a masculine pseudonym, James Tiptree, Jr., demonstrating that there is no distinction in works of science fiction when written by either gender.

Despite common attitudes regarding women's traditional roles in the 1930s, independent and masculine women were directly recruited by the military in the 1940s, and frailty discouraged.

Both Lister and Eleanor Butler were considered masculine by contemporary news reports, and though there were suspicions that these relationships were sapphist in nature, they were nonetheless praised in literature.

Greek stories of the heavens often included a female figure whose virtue and virginity were unspoiled, who pursued more masculine interests, and who was followed by a dedicated group of maidens.

To distinguish the masculine " Malinche " from the feminine, the prefix " La " gives the name by which the historical and legendary figure is best known: La Malinche.

The instrumental case was somewhat rare and occurred only in the masculine and neuter singular ; it could typically be replaced by the dative.

Scholar John Strohm suggests that they did so by creating personas of a type conventionally seen as masculine: " They adopted a tough, unladylike pose that borrowed more from the macho swagger of sixties garage bands than from the calculated bad-girl image of bands like The Runaways.

In contrast, the novels of Scott's contemporary Jane Austen, once appreciated only by the discerning few ( including, as it happened, Sir Walter Scott himself ) rose steadily in critical esteem, though Austen, as a female writer, was still faulted for her narrow (" feminine ") choice of subject matter, which, unlike Scott, avoided the grand historical themes traditionally viewed as masculine.

A víkingr ( the masculine ) would then originally have been a participant on a sea journey characterized by the shifting of rowers.

Although many municipalities had enacted laws against cross-dressing, some women would socialize in bars as butches: dressed in men's clothing and mirroring traditional masculine behavior.

In the men's dialect, the classes for men and for masculine things have simplified to a single class, marked the same way as the women's dialect marker reserved exclusively for men.

From her late teens, Weil would generally disguise her " fragile beauty " by adopting a masculine appearance, often wearing men's clothes.

This rise has coincided with the emergence of men's studies ( also referred to as masculine studies ).

A variety of research has indicated a relationship between men's endorsement of traditionally masculine ideas and characteristics, and his desire for additional muscle.

Although attractive, she dresses in a masculine style, takes part in men's sports and activities, such as flying ( she is a qualified pilot ), and her feminine " chum " Penelope is a frequent house guest.

While in 1903 Brooks had shocked her husband by cutting her hair short and ordering a suit of men's clothes from a tailor, by the mid 1920s bobbed and cropped hairstyles were in and wearing tailored jackets — usually with a skirt — was a recognized fashion, discussed in magazines as the " severely masculine " look.

The men's version consists of solid, masculine colours, and is almost always accompanied by a collar and buttons ( similar to a polo shirt ).

Part of " the postmodern transformation of masculinity ... the 1990s ' new lad ' was a clear reaction to the ' new man '... most clearly embodied in current men's magazines, such as Maxim, FHM and Loaded, and marked by a return to hegemonic masculine values of sexism male homosociality ".

The rigid structure has many substructures, depending on the exact nature of the wound, the admixture with other pre-rigid ( oedipal ) structures, and the gender: in women, the masculine aggressive, hysterical, and the alternating ; in men, the phallic narcissist, the compulsive, and the passive feminine.

" For example, Luce Irigaray is criticised for asserting that E = mc < sup > 2 </ sup > is a " sexed equation " because " it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us "; and for asserting that fluid mechanics is unfairly neglected because it deals with " feminine " fluids in contrast to " masculine " rigid mechanics.

They also take issue with the assertion that fluid mechanics is unfairly neglected because it deals with " feminine " fluids in contrast to " masculine " rigid mechanics.

Evola regarded his stances and spiritual values as aristocratic, masculine, traditionalist, heroic and defiantly reactionary.

Torrid Adios ( Torrid-Adios Molly ) is not so masculine as most of the colts, but I like his type and he certainly is one of the best-gaited pacers on the grounds.

The town's name is attested as Aisincurt in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word curt ' farm with a courtyard ' ( Late Latin cortem ).

Hine, a true accusative masculine third person singular pronoun, is attested in some northern English dialects as late as the 19th century.

The accusative is marked for masculine articles, pronouns, and adjectives.

The first known use of the word ball in English in the sense of a globular body that is played with was in 1205 in in the phrase, "" The word came from the Middle English bal ( inflected as ball-e ,-es, in turn from Old Norse böllr ( pronounced ; compare Old Swedish baller, and Swedish boll ) from Proto-Germanic ballu-z, ( whence probably Middle High German bal, ball-es, Middle Dutch bal ), a cognate with Old High German ballo, pallo, Middle High German balle from Proto-Germanic * ballon ( weak masculine ), and Old High German ballâ, pallâ, Middle High German balle, Proto-Germanic * ballôn ( weak feminine ).

" In modern times the masculine translation in English is also traditional and is still frequently used.

Cyril ( also Cyrillus or Cyryl ) is a masculine given name.

In German, many nouns carry a grammatical gender — which, for roles or job titles, is felt usually as masculine.

It is often referred to as the masculine order because it is represented in the bottom level of the Colosseum and the Parthenon, and was therefore considered to be able to hold more weight.

Hexameters also have a primary caesura — a break in sense, much like the function of a comma in prose — at one of several normal positions: After the first syllable in the third foot ( the " masculine " caesura ); after the second syllable in the third foot if the third foot is a dactyl ( the " feminine " caesura ); after the first syllable of the fourth foot ; or after the first syllable of the second foot ( the latter two often occur together in a line, breaking it into three separate units ).

Though widely used, it differs in form from the nominative only in the masculine singular of the second declension ( that is, never in the plural, never in the feminine or neuter, and never in any declension other than the second ).

" Doktór " is the masculine form, which retains the abbreviation Dr .; the feminine form is " Doktóra ", and is abbreviated usually as " Dra.

In Scandinavian folklore, which is a later blend of Norse mythology and elements of Christian mythology, an elf is called elver in Danish, alv in Norwegian, and alv or älva in Swedish ( the first is masculine, the second feminine ).