Matthew Ward is Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Dundee. This interview is based on his new book, Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023). […]
toxic masculinity
The opposite of toxic masculinity is heroic masculinity
Here is a taste of Caitlin Flanagan’s recent piece at The Atlantic: The opposite of toxic masculinity is heroic masculinity. It’s all around us; you depend on it for your safety, as I do. It is almost entirely taken for […]