Terms for men

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thumb|Father and child A father, dad, or daddy is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his child or children, fathers may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with their child or children that carries with it certain rights and obligations.

thumb|The symbol of the Roman god Mars (mythology)|Mars (god of war) is often used to represent the male sex. It also stands for the planet [[Mars and is the alchemical symbol for iron.]] Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces, or is organized to produce, the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a

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A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative.

thumb|Husband and Wife (1523) by Lorenzo Lotto

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alt=1929 photograph of United States Representative Charles A. Eaton and his nephew Rep. William R. Eaton.|thumb|United States Representative Charles Aubrey Eaton|Charles A. Eaton (right) and his nephew Rep. [[William R. Eaton (left)]] An uncle is usually defined as a male relative who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent, as well as the parent of the cousins. Uncles who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. The female counterpart of an uncle is an aunt, and the reciprocal relationship is that of a nephew or niece. The word comes from , the diminutive of avu

man who is sexually or romantically attracted to other men

thumb|right|300px|The Complete English Gentleman (1630), by Richard Brathwait, shows the exemplary qualities of a gentleman.

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man who was assigned female at birth

A bachelor is a man who is not and never has been married.

A stepfather or stepdad is a biologically unrelated male parent married to one's preexisting parent.

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A boyfriend is a man who is a friend or acquaintance to the speaker, often specifying a regular male companion with whom a person is platonically, romantically or sexually involved.

character archetype

term used in Japan to describe men who have no interest in getting married or finding a girlfriend

homosexual men

masculine third-person, singular personal pronoun in English

man whose main occupation is running or managing the family's home

popular psychology

term used in the British education system

The term '''''' is a slang term used to describe good-looking men in Japanese pop culture.

Kkonminam (; ; from 꽃 (kkot, "flower") and 미남(美男) (minam, "handsome man")) has been commonly used in South Korea since the late 1990s to refer to men who are especially concerned with personal style, grooming and fashion. This lifestyle also includes the significant usage of cosmetics. Although they are sometimes regarded as bishōnen (androgynous), generally gender or sexual orientation is unambiguous.

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Spornosexual is a blend of sports and the clipping porno, compounded with sexual. The term was coined by Mark Simpson in 2014 to describe a man "who is influenced in his appearance by the stars of sport and pornography". It recognises young men who use "their toned bodies on social media as a means of feeling valuable in society." Jamie Hakim has described this as a "power-shift of a segment of society who have historically defined themselves through their mind, whilst at the same time defining those they have subordinated - such as women - through their bodies".

stock character; a roguish macho