Thanks for tuning in! Here's what we covered on today's episode: -What’s happened to masculinity? A brief history of the decline -Why is masculinity disappearing from popular culture? -The manly origins of rap music -The masculine characteristics of rap music -How and why rap replaced rock as the mainstream masculine expression, starting in the 1990’s -Who is the most masculine rapper to date? -How did the poets of different eras view masculinity? -Social standing of poets then and now -Is rap music showing signs of feminization? NOTE: Evan would like to emphasize that he does not approve of many of the masculine virtues present in rap. Nevertheless they are what society would traditionally call manly. OUR LINKS: Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdbF... BitChute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/T667... Twitter @sonsofantiquity Gab @sonsofantiquity Email [email protected] Facebook Sons of Antiquity SOURCES: Donovan, Jack. The Way of Men. Dissonant Hum, 2012. MacIntyre, Alasdair. After Virtue. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Homer. Iliad. Alighieri, Dante, and Robin Kirkpatrick. The Divine Comedy. Penguin Books, 2010. Art of Manliness Masculinity Post: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articl... The Origins of Rap: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s... Hip hop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop... Decline of Rock Music: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dannyros... Achilles and Hector: Two Manly Men: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articl... Net Worth of Shakespeare: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explor... http://www.shakespeare-online.com/bio... Geoffrey Chaucer Biography: https://poets.org/poet/geoffrey-chaucer https://www.biography.com/writer/geof... Homer Biography: https://poets.org/poet/homer Richest Rappers: https://www.therichest.com/top-lists/...