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Manliness

Harvey C. Mansfield

This book invites—no, demands—a response from its readers. It is impossible not to be drawn in to the provocative (often contentious) discussion that Harvey Mansfield sets before us. This is the first comprehensive study of manliness, a quality both bad and good, mostly male, often intolerant, irrat...

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This book, written in 2006 by a recently retired Harvard professor, argued that men possess an inherent willingness to lead and be independent, contrasting with women who are characterized as sensitive and security-seeking.

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Men are hard. Women soft. Men assertive. Women sensitive. Men seek risk. Women security.

— Episode: The minds behind MAGA

Episode: The minds behind MAGA

This book, written in 2006 by a recently retired Harvard professor, argued that men possess an inherent willingness to lead and be independent, contrasting with women who are characterized as sensitive and security-seeking.

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Men are hard. Women soft. Men assertive. Women sensitive. Men seek risk. Women security.

Because... Men are aloof. You're trying to get men to do women stuff and that's never going to work because of who men are and who women are.

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