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Romance books with more relatable male protagonists (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by BuckenBerry@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I've been feeling really lonely lately so I've been trying to find any romance books to distract me.

However, the only books with male heterosexual protagonists I can find are either sports romances or have "alpha male" protagonists.

Are there any books where the main character is nerdier and more relatable?

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[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Avoid toxic masculinity lol

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Help me on that. What it entails evades me.

I understand it as being obnoxious, rude and overbearing.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Goes further than that, imo. Toxic masculinity can also be subtle. It doesn't need to be a chest-beating guy. Besides trying to hold a death-grip on your emotions, sinking yourself into whatever society holds to be manly, I can't really think of an example rn, I've just woken up.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

If that is so, I wish you a very pleasant day!

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