Victoria's Real Secret: Male Masculinity

Abstract

History proves one thing; men will strive against all odds their entire lives to assert their superiority above other men. Whether it involves fighting in an arena or amassing so much wealth you can pay other men to bow to you and your wishes, men have died every day in all of the history of the Earth in pursuit of this one dream. The question then becomes, what did that struggle look like in Victorian England? Or perhaps more importantly, how could a man win?