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Crowds gather for a Pride march in New York in June 2026. New research shows that the boundaries of heterosexuality are changing for young women. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.
In much of the industrialized world, daily life is increasingly organized around the nuclear family. Xavier Desmier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Why fatherhood matters more than ever before

Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
Donald Trump presents an AI-generated image of the cage that will house the UFC Freedom 250 event on May 6, 2026, at the White House. The cage and surrounding structures have since been built. Kent Nishimura/AFP

Why Trump is putting an MMA fight cage in the White House

It’s showtime! …Erecting a mixed martials arts arena at the White House and hinting that it might just become a permanent fixture is a nod to power that draws on force and spectacle.
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We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here’s what it taught us about the manosphere

Three videos, three very different messages about masculinity and health. New research shows this is how the manosphere finds young men.
Fitness content is big in the ‘manosphere,’ but extreme ideologies make appearances, too. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty Images

Why the manosphere has an antisemitism problem

Denying Jewish men’s masculinity, or blaming them for weakening ‘traditional’ masculinity, has long been part of antisemitism.
Looksmaxxing encapsulates the efforts that young men undertake to self-optimize and improve their appearance, ranging from mundane practices like “mewing” to the far more dangerous exercise of “bone-smashing.” (Unsplash)

From gym to jawline: What looksmaxxing says about modern masculinity

Amid a masculinity crisis driven by status anxiety and socioeconomic shifts, young men and boys are turning to physical transformations to assert dominance and self-mastery.

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