No Straight AnswersA Straight Masculinity Crisis Is Underway — And It’s a Good Thing Research on straight men getting lonelier points to their growing failure on dating apps -- showing a paradigm shift in dating culture. By Amlan Sarkar
Test(osterone)ing TimesRights Groups Boycott FIFA in Qatar. Why Are They Being Ignored? The inherent masculinity of sport remains unchallenged -- leading to “soft” concerns pertaining to rights and ethics going unheard. By Amlan Sarkar
incel terrorismTerrorism Definitions Exclude Gender, Neglecting Incel Extremism: Study Traditional risk assessments have a gender blind spot — making gendered forms of extremism harder to predict and prevent. By Amlan Sarkar
Magnum NopusIndian Filmmakers’ Bid to Churn Magnum Opuses Is Rooted in Hypermasculinity The desire to leave the biggest, grandest legacy is rooted in masculine individualism, and hurts storytelling. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Desperately Seeking Real LoveThe ‘Men Written by Women’ Phenomenon Betrays a Deeper Feminist Unhappiness With Love Real life men are valorized as “written by women” for an unthreatening, secure personality — showing how the status quo is very different. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
The Nation Doesn't Want to KnowNews Panels Moderated by Men Are Far More Hostile Than Women‑Led Panels, Finds Report An analysis by the Network of Women in Media of 31 television news and talks shows highlights how toxic masculinities are performed on television. By Saumya Kalia
Stitching PeaceThe Buzz Cut: What Makes Tom Daley’s Mindfulness Routine of Knitting Fascinating to Watch? This week in The Buzz Cut, we unpack the history of Brazilian butt lifts and the nostalgia of cheeseburger-flavored chips. By Saumya Kalia
Silent LoveWoe Is Me! “My Husband Doesn’t Talk to Me About His Emotions. What Do I Do?” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
A New Way of BeingIndia Has a Toxic Masculinity Crisis. How Do We Detox It? “The patriarchal messaging is constant, so the reverse flow needs to be constant.” By Liesl Goecker
Set Him FreeCan We Move On? From The Man‑Child Trope As The Only Counter To Traditional Masculinity Bollywood offers an unsatisfying alternative to hyper-masculinity: the goofy, utterly confused, dithering man-child. By Aditi Murti
Fragile MasculinityExplaining Dhat Syndrome: Why Young Indian Men Are So Afraid of Losing Their Semen “It’s one of the most frequent disorders that presents in young adult males in most psychiatric clinics,” says one psychiatrist. By Rajvi Desai
When In RomeStoicism Has Become a Masculine Ideal That Values Repression, Indifference. What Could Go Wrong? Ironically, classical Stoicism stood for something completely different: vulnerability, community, and empathy. By Aditi Murti
Rejecting Regressive RageBollywood Needs Heroes Who Don’t Self‑Destruct When They’re in Love Stereotypical portrayals of men's distress promote real, violent consequences for women. By Aditi Murti
Cast Your Eye Over‘Guyliner’: A Brief Cultural History Guyliner, to this day, remains a tool men use to assert, glorify and celebrate their deviance, often flouting traditional norms of masculinity in the process. By Rajvi Desai
No Veggies For The BrosMeat and Masculinity: The Tired Trope That Won’t Go Away In pop culture, men adopt unhealthy carnivorous diets to prop themselves up as strong, virile, 'real' men. By Aditi Murti
Where Are The Sweet Men?Woe Is Me! “How Do I Avoid Toxic Men? A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Strong And Stupid And SickMen Find Wearing Masks ‘Shameful, Not Cool and a Sign of Weakness’: U.S. Survey The only way to combat this notion is to challenge the underlying masculinity norms that prevent men from caring for their well-being. By Rajvi Desai
Don't Choke The ChickenThe NoFap Movement: Why People Are Abstaining From Masturbation What began as a way to battle porn addiction has morphed into a belief that not masturbating can give you superpowers. By Rajvi Desai
