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Manhood Is a Spectrum
Manhood is not one thing — and men are not all the same.

Manhood lives on a spectrum, shaped by experience, pressure, trauma, protection, and opportunity.
At MAG, we’ve identified 50+ recognisable expressions of manhood, named through years of direct work with boys, parents, and men. These types didn’t come from theory — they emerged from lived experience, real behaviour, and honest conversation inside our circles.
Each type reflects a response to life, not a final destination.
To make this understanding accessible, the types are grouped into five core stages:
Wounded
Awakening
Becoming
Rooted
Comprehensive.
The Manhood Spectrum helps us understand where a boy or man may be — without judgement — so we can guide growth, responsibility, and purpose with clarity and care.
There are more than 50 types because people adapt in different ways to survive, belong, and protect themselves. As culture shifts and conversations deepen, this framework continues to grow.
Because boys aren’t broken.

Men aren’t lost.
They’re becoming — and becoming deserves guidance.
The Spectrum of Manhood
The Spectrum of Manhood is a new, ground-breaking framework that names what many have felt but few have been able to explain: manhood is not one thing — it’s a journey.
Built from real conversations with boys and men, this spectrum maps the movement from wounded survival to whole leadership. It doesn’t shame, label, or force an ideal. Instead, it offers language, clarity, and direction — helping young people, parents, and professionals understand where someone is, not who they are forever.
This is not theory. It’s lived experience turned into a practical map. A tool for early intervention, guidance, and generational change.
By securing The Spectrum of Manhood, we are protecting a model that helps boys make sense of themselves, interrupts harm before it hardens, and creates clear pathways from pain to purpose.
Because boys are born — men are made.
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The Spectrum of Manhood: From Wound to Wisdom
Below we have two powerful quizzes:
1 - Quiz for Parents & Carers — designed to help you reflect on the boys you’re raising and the men they’re becoming.
2 - Quiz for Men — a chance to reflect on the man you’ve become and the one you’re still becoming
Both reveal where you stand on The Spectrum of Manhood.
1) Parents | Carers
2) For Men

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Manhood Is a Spectrum

Manhood is not one thing — and men are not all the same.

Manhood lives on a spectrum, shaped by experience, pressure, trauma, protection, and opportunity.

At MAG, we’ve identified 50+ recognisable expressions of manhood, named through years of direct work with boys, parents, and men. These types didn’t come from theory — they emerged from lived experience, real behaviour, and honest conversation inside our circles.

Each type reflects a response to life, not a final destination.

To make this understanding accessible, the types are grouped into five core stages:

The Manhood Spectrum helps us understand where a boy or man may be — without judgement — so we can guide growth, responsibility, and purpose with clarity and care.

There are more than 50 types because people adapt in different ways to survive, belong, and protect themselves. As culture shifts and conversations deepen, this framework continues to grow.

Because boys aren’t broken.

Men aren’t lost.

They’re becoming — and becoming deserves guidance.

The Spectrum of Manhood

The Spectrum of Manhood is a new, ground-breaking framework that names what many have felt but few have been able to explain: manhood is not one thing — it’s a journey.

This is not theory. It’s lived experience turned into a practical map. A tool for early intervention, guidance, and generational change.

By securing The Spectrum of Manhood, we are protecting a model that helps boys make sense of themselves, interrupts harm before it hardens, and creates clear pathways from pain to purpose.

Because boys are born — men are made.

The Spectrum of Manhood: From Wound to Wisdom

Both reveal where you stand on The Spectrum of Manhood.