When we think about affairs of honor in 19th-century America, our minds typically bring up images of well-dressed gentlemen facing each other at dawn, pistols gleaming in the morning light. The duel — with its elaborate codes, precise choreography, and aristocratic flourishes — has captured our collective imagination as the quintessential way men settled disputes of honor […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Character Archives | The Art of Manliness
When you picture a gunfighter, you probably think of a Hollywood cowboy — spurs jangling, six-shooter on his hip, squaring off at high noon in a dusty frontier town. But gunfighters weren’t just products of Hollywood. They were real men who lived and died by a code: one rooted in a particular sense of […]| The Art of Manliness
I’m a suburban man. Born and raised. I grew up in the suburbs of Oklahoma City. I now live in the suburbs of Tulsa. Suburban manhood has its own meaning and archetype — one that’s a weird and complex mixture of other archetypes of American manhood. Homeownership gives suburban men a chance to harness […]| The Art of Manliness
When you scroll through social media feeds today, you’ll find countless posts about “living your truth” and “being authentic.” These ideas feel so natural to us now that we rarely stop to ask where they came from or what they really mean. The concept of identity — how we understand ourselves — has undergone a […]| The Art of Manliness
Perhaps you’ve read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, a book many turn to to learn and internalize the teachings of Stoic philosophy. But what do you know of the man who penned that seminal text? Here to help us get to know the philosopher and ruler is Donald Robertson, a cognitive-behavior psychotherapist and the author of Marcus […]| The Art of Manliness
