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The 'masculine mystique' – why men can't ditch the baggage of being a bloke

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The 'masculine mystique' – why men can't ditch the baggage of being a bloke

www.theguardian.com

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Far from embracing the school run, most men are still trapped by rigid cultural notions of being strong, dominant and successful. Is it leading to an epidemic of unhappiness similar to the one felt by Betty Friedan’s 50s housewives?

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That description of The 1950s is highly mythological https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminine_Mystique#Criticism

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