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1. Masculinity suppression is NOT new.

But the way it happens TODAY is very modern.**

Historically?

Men grew up in environments that naturally FORCED masculine traits to develop:

• hard labor
• apprenticeship
• military training
• providing for family early
• physical danger
• competition
• tribe and community roles
• strict social expectations
• rites of passage
• clear male role models
• economic necessity

Families DID NOT have the luxury to:

• overprotect
• coddle