masculinity Archives - The Pitt News

Editorial | Misogyny to maturity through the rise of “Wife Guys”

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 20, 2024

Men should be encouraged to embody kindness, empathy and emotion without adding harm to their actions. These traits can coexist with strength, confidence and assertiveness — common characteristics associated with traditional masculinity — without compromising one’s manhood.

Opinion | How masculinity twists the minds of incels

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, Senior Staff Columnist • December 9, 2022

How we perceive masculinity is connected to the violent nature of the incel community.

Opinion | Guns and American masculinity are inextricably linked

By Paige Wasserman, Staff Columnist • June 7, 2022

Much of American gun enthusiasm is rooted in backwards patriarchal ideology.

Opinion | What ‘Rick and Morty’ can tell us about American masculinity

By Genna Edwards, Senior Staff Columnist • May 19, 2020

The showrunners, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, have 70 episodes left. They should use them to change their philosophical tune.

Editorial: Biden Twitter bout promises more brash leadership

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 27, 2018

For those who fear a woman would be too emotional to be president, last Thursday’s Twitter scrap between two men — one currently in that position, one potentially the next in line — might change...

Sigmas scrutinize race, masculinity

By Sarah Frumkin | Staff Writer • October 24, 2017

Gabby Yearwood said he tells people all the time he wasn’t born a feminist. Toxic forms of masculinity impacted his own life as a youth, he said. But going to college helped undo his preconceptions...