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'''Manliness''' is a book by [[conservative]]-leaning [[Harvard]] Professor Harvey Mansfield, who identifies and extols this trait which has been recognized since [[Ancient Greece]].

'''Manliness''' is a book by [[conservative]]-leaning [[Harvard]] Professor Harvey Mansfield, who identifies and extols this trait which has been recognized since [[Ancient Greece]].

An entertaining read, the book is short on [[American]] political history but long in academic arguments.  Professor Mansfield sees manliness in athletes (too many to mention, he says), and also in a few women such as [[Margaret Thatcher]] (a favorite of right-of-center professors).

An entertaining read, the book is short on culture and [[American]] political history, but long in academic arguments based on literature.  Professor Mansfield sees manliness in athletes (too many to mention, he says), and also in a few women such as [[Margaret Thatcher]] (a favorite of right-of-center professors).  He points out that ''[[Macbeth]]'' contains [[Shakespeare]]'s most praise of manliness.

The book is excellent but has notable omissions:  it admittedly avoids the issue of [[homosexuality]], and it predates the rise of the very manly [[Donald Trump]].  The book has only a very superficial reference to [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and fails to recognize the significance of the defeat of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].

The book is excellent but has notable omissions:  no mention of [[muscle car]]s, by which young [[American]] men found expression of their manliness in culture.  The book admittedly avoids the issue of [[homosexuality]], and it predates the rise of the very manly [[Donald Trump]].  The book has only a very superficial reference to [[Phyllis Schlafly]] and fails to recognize the significance of the defeat of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].

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