#masculinity

[clove-pinks]

I was doing my usual Sunday night search for miwackulous tyes when I found this charming c. 1850 daguerreotype (Met collection).

I am quite sure this has been shared on tumblr more than once—and the pose was even referenced for a James Clark Ross/Francis Crozier piece, if I recall correctly—but it can't hurt to share it again! These men are arranged in such an intimate manner, well beyond the usual physical contact that was the norm in 19th century male portraiture, even the Met has to speculate:

This portrait shows two young men in a tender embrace, their thighs entwined, sharing a suggestive moment before the camera. Are they lovers? Perhaps, but more likely this photograph is an example of the natural and unselfconscious intimacy and physical contact that men enjoyed in a pre-Freudian era.

Lovers or, as they say, very good friends? It's interesting that they felt comfortable enough to strike this pose in a photography studio! (As others have pointed out, quite a few 19th century men who were definitely queer avoided cosy portraits like this one... too revealing, perhaps). Either way, their neckwear is impressive.

#miwackulous tye monday #1850s #daguerreotype #queer history #lgbtq history #fashion history #neckwear #early victorian era #masculinity

[swoleisthegoal]

PULL UP JOCKS

#jock #muscular #pull up #pull ups #exercícios #exercising #fitness #lats #masculinity #gym life #gym workout #male beauty #jock strap #muscle men #pullups #health and fitness #gym bro #summer time

[joselito28-1]

the handsome guys are on @joselito28-1 's blog

#man body #beautiful boy #male beauty #masculinity #full nudity

[alpha-androphile]

BROTHERS! NOW IS THE TIME TO MAN UP, TOUGHEN UP, AFFIRM YOUR PLACE ON THIS PLANET AND YOUR PURPOSE IN THIS WORLD!

LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FELLOW BROTHERS AND BE READY FOR ACTION, WHEREVER LIFE MAY TAKE YOU. LIFE IS USUALLY ROCKY, NOT SMOOTH SAILING.

AND BY NO MEANS "GO GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT."

INSTEAD, GROWL LIKE A TIGER, ROAR LIKE A LION, FLEX MUSCLES, AND THUMP YOUR MAMMOTH CHEST.

USE YOUR MASCULINE ENERGY IN A LIFE AFFIRMING WAY!

FUCK YES, BROTHER, FUCK YES!

#masculine #alpha muscle #alpha master #be a man #bodybuilder #man up #muscle worship #muscle god #alpha hunk #androphilia #masculinity #stay solar

[the-daily-male]

Today's daily male is William Murderface from Metalocalypse!

for @bunnyhat

#daily male #william murderface #metalocalypse #dethklok #men #masculinity #mod howl #I'm back guys! hii

[nestito702]

#male beauty #masculinity

[genderqueerdykes]

the point of my masculinity and male positivity posts are to underline that masculinity and manhood are seen as a threat or in direct opposition to queerness, and that often times in order to be seen as queer you have to be partially or wholly feminine or gender neutral, or express your manhood in a feminine or gender neutral way in order to no longer be threatening, invasive, or a problem.

it is very difficult to exist in queer spaces as a hyper masculine person & a man. you're made to feel like you need to walk a tight rope feeling like you're inherently out of place, as if you existing and being masculine or a man in queer spaces makes others uncomfortable inherently.. just know that when i make positivity posts it is to remind us all that masculinity/manhood and queerness are not opposites and that you do not have to be a feminine man or masc person to be viewed/seen/heard as queer.

chasing men, masculine people, and masculinity out of queer spaces isn't helping anyone currently and won't help anyone down the line. please accept masc enbies, butches, bears, and masculine trans men with the same kindness, love, and passion that you do neutral and feminine people. that's the point when i make these kinds of posts. thank u

#our writing #masculinity #queer masculinity #queer manhood #queer men #boydyke #lesboy #butch lesbian #masculenby #masculine #enby #nonbinary #demiboy #bear #gay bear #trans man #ftm #trans guy #trans boy #trans men #trans man positivity #trans men positivity #butch #butches #butch dyke

[hadeantaiga]

Playing off a post I just saw:

"I thought I saw a beautiful butch lesbian but it was just a man"

(which was followed by a super valid statement of "sometimes beautiful butch lesbians are also men and deserve love)

But I wanna go a step further.

Why'd he stop being beautiful? You, aesthetically, saw beauty in his masculinity before you knew his gender or his birth sex. Why do you think he's no longer beautiful just because he's (potentially) got a dick?

Unpack that.

Because he is beautiful. Masculinity is beautiful, even when it's on men.

#gender #masculinity #feminism #revolutionary feminism

[fluidnet]

I was half asleep and thinking about all the stories like She’s The Man and Mulan (1999) where a woman dresses up like a man in order to do something ManlyTM and how they all inevitably fall in love with the masculinity of it all while still being women (or not, I guess, fiction is flexible and gender is more so)

and I went “give me a man who chooses to dress as a woman instead of resorting to violence. Give me a man who, in finding femininity and softness, can find himself. Give me a man who chooses kindness and love over war and aggression, but the only way he can do so is finding solace in the feminine. Not because femininity is inherently softer, but because society has told him as such. Give me a man who, through trial and error, finds himself learning to love the traditional women’s tasks he’s been clumsily attempting. Give me a man who could never truly fit in with other men, and the women around him protect him and love him unconditionally. Give me a man who cannot stand for himself at first, and then rises stronger together with the people who took him in”

And I realized that “give me a man who dresses as a woman in order to avoid going to war” is just. Achilles. And I want that classically animated movie now. I don’t even care if it’s sanitized like the Disney Renaissance Mulan or Hercules, in fact I’d enjoy that. I want Achilles to choose kindness and love and beauty over the war he never wanted to fight. I want a lighthearted, playful version of Achilles where there’s a happy ending. I know it’s a tragedy, but so were a lot of things that got animated at the time (not even Disney, Anastasia and Quest for Camelot come to mind as well) and I think he and Patroclus can have a happily ever after, too

I also want it to be gay, but I think that goes without saying

#patroclus #achilles #greek myth #greek mythology #animation #disney renaissance #late 1990s animation #happy stories #feminine men #she’s the man #mulan #feminine #femininity #masculine #masculinity #give me uwu soft boi that I can blorbo

[queermasculine]

chazthenomad on Flickr, 2007. photo 1 / photo 2

#masculinity #butch4butch

[nation-of-bros]

Even from a distance there is no doubt that he is a man. Of course, his behavior could still be very girly, but the physical requirements are at least obviously met.

#ideal #strong #beefy #muscular #bald #bearded #arab #man #bro #bald head #belly #hairy belly #belly hair #hairy chest #chest hair #chest fur #manhood #masculinity

[joselito28-1]

Full nudity is never vulgar, nor pornographic.

#man body #beautiful boy #male beauty #masculinity #full nudity #male frontal nudity

[sometimesraven]

“Men in society are raised with high levels of entitlement and should be held to account for their actions” and “Masculinity is not inherently evil and believing so harms those who do not fit the ‘correct’ societal definition, such as men of colour, gay men, gnc men and transmascs” are ideas that can and should coexist actually

#transandrophobia #misogyny #masculinity #gender politics #being rightfully angry at one demographic does not excuse the abuse of another

[ausdemnorden]

#men #male #male portrait #masculine #masculine men #masculine beauty #masculine energy #masculino #masculine art #malebeauty #masculinity

[nestito702]

#malik delgaty #male beauty #masculinity

[postmodernmulticoloredcloak]

The thing about whiny misogynist pissbabies calling the Barbie movie “anti-men” is that the emotional resolution of the narrative is the male character being told that he is enough as the person he is, regardless of status qualifiers like a girlfriend or a career. It’s the most pro-men message imaginable. You don’t have to be successful in societal-mandated ways to matter. You don’t have to be in a relationship with a woman to matter. Not meeting unrealistic standards of masculine success does not make you a loser.

Ken dives in a performative exhibition of hegemonic masculinity (he literally says he lost interest in the patriarchy when he realized it wasn’t about horses: his adoption of hegemonic masculinity behavior is a performance. Hegemonic gender roles ARE a performance.) because he’s scared. The original state of Barbieland is indeed toxic (the point is that Stereotypical Barbie fixes everything by leaving Barbieland and becoming a real woman, not a sterotype of a woman), and that makes Ken insecure and frustrated. He heals by being told that he matters regardless of the achievements that he is supposed to have in order to be a Man(TM).

The movie is a love letter to both women and men, it’s just anti-misogynists who feel threatened by women existing as people.

#barbie #gender #masculinity