as in masculinity
the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men
a culture that prizes machismo and has rigid gender roles
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The Artist Formerly Known as Rambo also goes way back with Statham, who was one of the young guns in The Expendables (2010), the first in a franchise of Avengers-type team-ups of aging masters of mayhem that doubles as an ode to Eighties machismo and human growth hormones.
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John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
By comparison, even peers like Iggy or Lou Reed were willing to fall back on tough-guy machismo when addressing women, in ways that Johansen had absolutely no use for.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
The kiss and the ensuing fallout prompted a moment of reckoning in Spain, where progress in gender equality — women’s soccer in particular — have run up against a culture of machismo.
—José Bautista, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Paquita la del Barrio, the Mexican singer-songwriter beloved for her blistering critiques of men and machismo culture, died Monday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
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John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
By comparison, even peers like Iggy or Lou Reed were willing to fall back on tough-guy machismo when addressing women, in ways that Johansen had absolutely no use for.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
The kiss and the ensuing fallout prompted a moment of reckoning in Spain, where progress in gender equality — women’s soccer in particular — have run up against a culture of machismo.
—José Bautista, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Paquita la del Barrio, the Mexican singer-songwriter beloved for her blistering critiques of men and machismo culture, died Monday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Machismo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machismo. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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