<p>Criticism of hegemonic masculinity based on superiority has led to a crisis of maleness, where males vindicate machismo as manhood. This research report seeks to bring empirical evidence to the debate about masculine attitudes strongly rooted in patriarchal violence. For this purpose, a research was carried out in two entities of the center-south of Mexico, by means of a statistical-probabilistic study to 480 men over 17 years old, students of state universities. The sample is representative for infinite populations with reliability of 97% and error of 5%. The forms were applied in selected universities, captured in SPSS v.19 in order to analyze them, the correlation was calculated and the research assumption was corroborated. It was found that exogenous variables do not influence the acts of machismo of young Mexicans, who continue to abuse women through micro machismo.</p>