[ **up: [[Gender]]** ] --- # Masculinity [[2023-0101. In the past what a man could “do” with his body often defined his masculinity not only to others, but also to himself. Today, there is much more scrutiny on aesthetic attributes.|'In the past what a man could “do” with his body often defined his masculinity not only to others, but also to himself. Today, there is much more scrutiny on aesthetic attributes.']][^1] [[2025-0310. When you're a man, 'You have to always act tough, and everything will be all right, but as a matter of fact, everything is not going to be all right. You can’t fix everything, but the weight of society is on men.'|When you're a man, 'You have to always act tough, and everything will be all right, but as a matter of fact, everything is not going to be all right. You can’t fix everything, but the weight of society is on men.']][^2] --- [[2022-1223. 'Here’s an interesting and rather whimsical fact about jock straps. The size of the cup gets larger as you go up in waistband size. ... men are unwilling to assign a cup size to their 'package'.'|’Here’s an interesting and rather whimsical fact about jock straps. The size of the cup gets larger as you go up in waistband size. This, of course, makes no sense because there is absolutely no correlation between a man’s waist size and the size of his package. So, why does the industry do this? Well, I spoke with several jock manufacturers and all confirmed this sizing to be the industry practice. Why? Because men are unwilling to assign a cup size to their “package.” Women do it all the time with breast size, but men simply won’t. So, fit men with an admirable package must either get a jock with too big a waistband, or one with too small a cup. At least, now you know how a jock’s cup is sized.’]][^3] --- ## Masculinity in Asia [[2023-0917. Asian masculinity can be perceived as more related to the ability to take care of a family, rather than physical build.|'… in the Asian perspective masculinity would be more perceived as an ability to take care of a family, to protect them, to provide for them.']][^3] ### China #### Confucianism [[2025-0325. There were 'strict Confucian norms governing appropriate masculine sexuality ...'|There were 'strict Confucian norms governing appropriate masculine sexuality, which were that male sexuality needed to be both restrained and channeled in a heteronormative direction toward women, procreation and the resultant reproduction of the family.']][^4] [^1]: ‘Anatomy of men’s underwear’, updated 17 March 2019, *Textile School*, https://www.textileschool.com/308/anatomy-of-mens-underwear-briefs/. [^2]: Murray J.N. Drummond, ‘[[Drummond. ‘Asian Gay Men’s Bodies’, 2005.|Asian Gay Men's Bodies]]’, *The Journal of Men’s Studies* 13, no. 3 (1 April 2005), p. 296 [^3]:: Murray J. N. Drummond, ‘[[Drummond. ‘Asian Gay Men’s Bodies’, 2005.|Asian Gay Men's Bodies]]’, *The Journal of Men’s Studies* 13, no. 3, (April 2005), p. 294. [^4]: Thomas William Whyke, ‘[[Whyke. ‘Male Homosexuality and Foxes in Ji Yun’s Zhiguai Collection Tales of the Thatched Cottage’, 2020.|Male homosexuality and foxes in Ji Yun’s zhiguai collection 'Tales of the Thatched Cottage']]’, *Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences*, vol. 13 (2020), p. 358.