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Blood-brotherhood is one recurring cultural solution to the problem of recognizing powerful emotional bonds between men that avoids effeminizing comparisons to romantic courtship and affirms the masculinity of the men involved.

— Jack Donovan Blood-Brotherhood and Other Rites of Male Alliance (2009)

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If every man lays down his arms and refuses to pick them up, the first man to pick up can do whatever he wants.

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Flamboyant dishonor is not a failure of strength or courage. Men who are flamboyant dishonorable are flagrant in their disregard for the esteem of their male peers.

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