Example Sentences

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The uncomfortable truth is that stereotypical forms of masculinity – stiff upper lips, "laddishness" – are killing men.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

In many ways, I would like to have found Men Behaving Badly more dated – but laddishness hasn't exactly disappeared.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2012

Behaviour of the sexes The hormone of laddishness Oestrogen, not testosterone, is what makes a male act like a male IN ALL species that practise sexual reproduction, males and females show gender-specific behaviours.

From Economist • Apr. 29, 2010