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Article: A gallery of "macho" men and the "sensitive" male. (Illustration)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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Manhood, in the early twentieth century, was easily defined. Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Rider, ushered in an era of rugged virility. Several decades later, motion pictures thrived on the concept of unbridled masculinity in the personages of John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart and more recently Clint Eastwood.
Alan Alda, however, broke through the solid ice of macho maleness when women discovered his persona aglow with "sensitivity." The new male has since been mirrored in his "type-cast" image.
Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York and president of the United States, may have been the model for 20th century rugged manhood. He preached the doctrine of the ...