Arianna Huffington Quotes

The crazy thing is a lot of people - a lot of men, if I'm just speaking for myself - don't really start thinking about the effect of hyper-masculinity and false definitions of what it means to be a man until you get married or until you have kids. Because then, all of sudden, you have something to protect.

If you're a man, you don't have to worry about your manliness.

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

When you're a man you try and be macho.

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

Guess in my brain I have a figurative 'man card' that's got certain punches that need to be punched.

I'm not a bro.

At the end of the day, I'm a man.

I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!

It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.

If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you.

I don't know enough about manliness to define it.

I guess I just do being a man different than some.

I come from a country whose idea of masculinity is quite extreme, and I've grown up around a lot of that energy. I've been part of that a lot. And it's very draining; it's quite tiring trying to be macho.

Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

How can I be a man if there is no role model?

I love watching Marty Scorsese's films, but they always make me feel terrible about being a man.

I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.

I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.

I think part of being masculine is not needing to prove it and not needing to answer for it.

I'm just glad that the whole John Wayne persona of a man is sort of old school now, because I'd never be able to do that. If that was the going rate today, I wouldn't be working.

Boys are so much drama.