Good question. I've been pondering this question for quite some time. I don't think there are any easy answers, but biologically and sociologically we need to address it.

According to the wisdom of TISM, man is torn between two tropes. I feel the path to true manliness is back to choose the middle path between the Yob/Wanker dichotomy.

No. And it's destructive - toxic masculinity.
Another thing evolution hasn't gotten us past yet.

The same thing that makes everything else: Nature and Nurture, that is to say, evolution plus intention. Change is inescapable.

Drinking, rampant sex, tattoos, swearing, getting into scraps, working outdoors, killing animals. This could very well be why I enjoy being a guy. And I'm a little weird.

Two things make a man: being male and responsibility.

Having respect for everyone around you, no exceptions. and having nutts of course !   lol

Emphatetic, protective, (but not annoyingly, overly protective), not afraid to show feelings or ask for help. Not afriad to not only like Rambo 7 or Terminator 5 and not only listents to heavymetal and country. Something like that.