History of Masculinity
| Term | Contextual note | Time period/ Region note | References |
| boys will be boys | |||
| chicken | |||
| coward/s
cowardice |
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| dandy | |||
| flower | |||
| girly
girlish |
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| grow some balls
haven’t got the balls |
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| macho | |||
| man up | |||
| manly | |||
| Nancy | |||
| pansy | |||
| pussy | |||
| sissy | |||
| soft | |||
| Toxic Masculinity | “The constellation of socially regressive [masculine] traits that serve to foster domination, the devaluation of women, homophobia, and wanton violence.” | ||
| weakling/s | |||
| unmanful
unmanlike unmanly unmasculine womanish womanlike |
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| yellowbelly
yellow-belly yellow-bellies yellow belly yellow bellies |