Listen and subscribe to The DailyFor years, Wil S. Hylton had been drawn to his cousin’s strength and violence. He was pulled in by the archetype that he embodied and was envious of the power he seemed to command. Wil describes his relative’s violence as “ambient” and “endemic,” but he was sure it wouldn’t turn on him. On today’s Sunday Read, listen to Wil’s wide-ranging exploration of masculinity — that of his cousin’s as well as his own. “My attraction to my cousin and my detachment as a husband both reside in the pantheon of male tropes,” he wrote.

Source: New York Times November 22, 2020 13:52 UTC