In countries where manhood must be proven, men have shorter lives

Unsurprising for the reasons they list. The other side to this, is what benefit do men get from this riskier lifestyle? I'd wager that they don't get much from it, other than social capital with men who also see things though the same lense.

So if the shortens your life and makes it worse off, why elect to do it in the first place?

At the risk of sounding holier-than-thou, this is why I'm trying to teach my boys that there is more to being a man than owning a dick and a jacked up truck.

I have worked in and around macho dudes my whole life, but I am not one. I've seen first hand how this perspective ruins lives and I don't want it for them.

Not all aspects of it are bad, but the underlying insecurity is a really doozy