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Having just read the post here about Genghis Khan and how Mongolian men of the time saw their diarrhea from a fiber free diet as a symbol of masculinity, what are other (by today’s standards) bizarre symbols of masculinity throughout different cultures over the ages?

by /u/molybdenum75 in /r/AskHistorians

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