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From a New Testament perspective, boasting is generally not highly thought of. If trash talk fits into that, then I would see a claim that Sherman's trash talk crosses over into the lower levels of poor ethics. However, I would view Sherman's offense as very low on the ethical radar. Bountygate, and stomping on an opponent, are exponentially more ethically offensive.
In regards to the Western pre-1950 ethical/moral consensus and feminization (though I think another word might better describe the current culture than feminization), it was dominated by one people group (white, Catholic males in Europe, then largely white Protestant males in the US). For any other group (non-Catholics in Europe, Non-Protestants in early USA, women in all times, non-white ethnicities in history) living under this "moral consensus" wasn't exactly a day at the park. Especially for women in history. Just looking back through my own family tree, I wouldn't want to trade places with ANY of the women, pre-1950.
Certainly there is a value to the "masculine" tendency towards aggression/forceful behavior - when defending victims of crimes, when acting on righteous indignation, when defending the country. Masculine aggression as a means to subjugate weaker parties isn't something that I, or we as a society (it appears from the historical arc), or a New Testament subscriber would lift up as ethical or to be aspired to.
I view the trend in our society towards gradually removing the masculine aggression (outside of the above "defending" scenario) as having a positive effect - likely creating a safer, more pleasant society for a larger number of the population. In football, the move to lower the level of violence (hitting) is welcome to me, and probably future generations of football players will thank the NFL for finally implementing these safety measures. Even in modern warfare we are seeking ways to use robotics/technology to replace the human aggressor/actor to avoid the myriad costs (monetarily, socially, ethically, and psychologically/spiritually) of doing such.