What does the author mean when he says his brother grew up to “wear his manhood on his sleeve” (paragraph 3)? Does he imply that there are other ways of expressing masculinity?

By stating the phrase that his brother grew up to 'wear his manhood on his sleev', he mean to say that his brother wanted to be a 'real man,'

Yes, I believe that the author is implying that there are other ways of expressing manhood.

Explanation:

'A Brother's Murder' is an essay written by Brent Staples. The essay is about the murder of Staples brother, Blake. In his essay he writes about the violent environment in which the author and his brother grew up.

They both grew up in violent enviornment of Chester, Pennsylvania, where people perceive drugs and shooing or killing one another to be manhood.

In paragraph 3, the author use phrase 'wear his manhood on his sleev' to state that the notion of male in his society about manhood and masculinity.

His brother wanted to be a 'real man' by 'wearing his manhood on his sleeve.'

Yes, I believe the author wants to convey that there are other ways of expressing masculinity. It is not through violent means male are considered to be a 'real man'.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.