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Masculinity. It’s a construct, but it’s fragile nevertheless.
Guys are expected to act a certain way, or they expect themselves to act a certain way, based on years of social conditioning.
Self-consciousness sets in to the point where some dudes even get nervous or uneasy saying certain words. Why? It’s just hard to utter a handful of words that are otherwise regular, normal parts of conversation because they sound so immature.
There’s just so way to utter certain phrases and terms and not sound like a little kid or a weirdo.
A linguistic detective took to the AskReddit subreddit to ask, “Guys, what are some words that just don’t sound manly, no matter how you use them?
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