What is your definition of masculinity? How has your present-day definition of this word been informed? Have you actively challenged societal concepts of masculinity, or do you feel you have taken a more passive approach and absorbed gender norms?

This is a really interesting question and I would love to answer it but especially in society today just think super hard at what you perceive as masculine. To me (you can use this) I picture masculinity as strong and fierce mostly because that's just how I grew up and masculine means muscular and strong. Present-day definition wise of the word, I have no idea tbh. I guess it has though because mostly everything says masculinity is strong while feminent traits are normally shown as weak in media. For the last question, I would just answer it the best you can because the last one is really up to you.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.