But for the Romans, virtus was clearly something that males had. It’s the word for “manliness.” In fact, in English the word “virility” and the word “virtuous” are from the same root, which doesn’t necessarily seem that it would fit. But manliness is everything about what it means to be a male—strength in every way: mental, physical, sexual, spiritual. If God gives me strength to overpower someone else, then it was the gift that He gave me; that’s simply exhibiting the power and the mastery that