New Man en · NOUN
Meanings
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A man who, rejecting sexist attitudes and traditional conceptions of masculinity, aims to be caring and sensitive, and to take a substantial role in the domestic routine.
When [Norman] Schwartzkopf shed a public tear for the Americans killed, wounded and captured in the 1990–91 Gulf War, he was roundly praised as a New Man.
1999, Anthony McMahon, Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 104:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Men | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| new man | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
New Woman · alta-male · macho · novus homo · snag