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Masculinity

Known as: virility 
Male-associated sex-specific social roles and behaviors unrelated to biologic function.
National Institutes of Health

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2009
2009
Gender Nonconformity: An Analysis of Perceived Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Protection Under the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
USING THE WORDS SEX, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity interchangeably may seem innocuous, but the disaggregation… 
2006
2006
Generation Rx: How prescription drugs are altering American lives, minds, and bodies
According to Greg Critser’s new book, Generation Rx, in 1993, the average annual number of prescriptions per person in the US was… 
2003
2003
Walk Like a Man
SUMMARY With this chapter, I explore the potential of drag king performance as a tool of deconstructing gender. I begin with a… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Masculinity in Medieval Europe
Introduction. 1. Medieval Masculinities? PART ONE: ATTAINING MASCULINITY. 2. 'Death maketh the man': The construction of… 
1998
1998
The Burdens of Intimacy: Psychoanalysis and Victorian Masculinity
Why does passion bewilder and torment so many Victorian protagonists? And why do so many literary characters experience moments… 
1995
1995
The Masculine Masquerade : Masculinity and Representation
Tracing the developments in gender theory, Broad identifies masculinity as a construct to contextualize works by 11 artists… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Masculinity, femininity, type A behavior, and psychosocial adjustment in medical students.
The freshman class of a midwestern medical school completed measures of masculinity and femininity, Type A behavior, and a… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Polyorchidism diagnosed preoperatively by ultrasonography.
Polyorchidism, or multiple testes, is a rare condition that has been referred to in both medical literature and mythological… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Parent-child relationships and sexual identity in male and female homosexuals and heterosexuals.
This article includes two studies of reported parent-child relations and sexual identity : one of a population of 84 white, well… 
1971
1971
The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
This collection of short stories by Cynthia Ozick contains works such as "The Pagan Rabbi", "Virility" and "Envy; or Yiddish in…