a culture that prizes machismo and has rigid gender roles
Recent Examples on the WebOld father-son conflicts still roil in a story of abandonment and machismo. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022 But male grunge bands also promoted a progressive, feminist stance, and changed the tone from the machismo and sexism associated with Mötley Crüe and other ’80s bands. Peter Rubin, Longreads, 1 July 2022 But the actor, who died Wednesday at 82, constantly found ways to subvert his image, showing up in projects that gently satirized Sonny's savage machismo and seeking out roles that softened his edge, showing audiences a surprisingly vulnerable side. Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 7 July 2022 This was a true differentiator in a field where many top programs define themselves by medical machismo and bravado about independent decision-making—not teamwork. Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Without any community touch-ups, this version of Duke Nukem Forever remains a fascinating collection of assets and level-design attempts, held together with bad jokes and overblown machismo. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 12 May 2022 The astronaut has long been a figure of troubled American machismo, emerging from the elite world of military pilots in the 1950s to fight a cold war with rockets aimed not at an enemy on Earth but at a target in the sky.Washington Post, 11 June 2021 Hampered by societal machismo and a long tradition of ambivalence about females participating in professional sports, women’s soccer has long struggled to gain a foothold in Mexico, where the men’s game is the national pastime.Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022 This suggests that significant numbers of men are almost equally fed up with the machismo of climate denial. Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2022 See More