Everything about Virility totally explained
Virility refers to any of a wide range of
masculine characteristics viewed positively. It isn't applicable to
women or to negative characteristics. The
Oxford English Dictionary (OED1) says virile is "marked by strength or force." Virility is commonly associated with vigour,
health, sturdiness, and constitution, especially in the fathering of children. In this last sense, virility is to men as fertility is to women. OED1 also notes an obsolete use of
virile in this sense for a "nubile" young woman — "a maide that's Mariageable or ripe for a Husband, or Virill."
The word itself is derived from the
Latin word
vir meaning simply "man" (in a gender specific sense). The German for "virility" is
Manneskraft — the strength of a man.
Historically, masculine attributes such as beard growth have been seen as signs of virility and leadership (for example in
ancient Egypt and
Rome).
As a term for positive reference,
virility doesn't accord with
feminisms that put forward various
deconstructions of masculinity. According to these points of view,
virility is redefined as an outdated abstraction, impacting negatively on women via unwanted sexual activity, and unwanted
pregnancies.
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