Better known as a sociologist and educator, as a turn-of-the-century dandy, the work of Carlos Octavio Bunge (1875-1918) has received little critica! engagement and even less for his approach to masculinity. This essay proposes to trace sorne of the ambivalent masculinities found in Bunge's writing in order to show that the diverse models that he proposes depend on an intimate relationship with man's capacity for violence. In addition, it interrogates the supposed crisis of modern masculinity by focusing on the disavowal of man's place within patriarchal society.Mejor conocido como sociólogo y educador, como un dandy finisecular, la obra de Carlos Octavio Bunge (1875-1918) ha sido poco estudiada y mucho menos desde su acercamiento a la masculinidad. Este ensayo propone rastrear algunas de las ambivalencias masculinas en la escritura de Bunge para demostrar que los diversos modelos que propone dependen de una relación íntima con la capacidad violenta del hombre.