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Film showed women that softboys are the emotionally intelligent men they wanted all along
By Brianna Holtpromote awareness about toxic masculinity, and a range of public figures are challenging hyper-masculine stereotypesThe King
The softboy revolutionlove for softboys is clearly demonstrated in the popularity of contemporary entertainers like Chalamet, Cole Sprouse, Harry Styles, and Luka Sabbat. Softboys might dabble in womanly apparel, challenging traditional masculinity and explicitly bathing in femininityworldwide box officeplaying a queer roleThe softboy gets a rebrand
The term softboy was coined in 2015 by writer Alan Hanson in a Medium article
The modern man is getting softer
The acceptance of the softboy look and softboy behavior has huge benefits, like combating toxic masculinity. It comes as no surprise, as a study from 2015 observedstudy, from 2017, found that only 7.4% of men rated athleticism and physical perfection to be very important and 14.4% rated it as unimportant. The same survey found that the traits most valued among men were dependability, reliability, honesty, and loyalty, suggesting a cultural change from the alpha-male idealsthe ratings.
Society has a long history of teaching men that manhood is mastered through power, strength, athleticism, and heterosexual prowess, but the new lead characters in Hollywood, who women are still going crazy for, do not share these goals.
Film showed women that softboys are the emotionally intelligent men they wanted all along
By Brianna Holtpromote awareness about toxic masculinity, and a range of public figures are challenging hyper-masculine stereotypesThe King
The softboy revolutionlove for softboys is clearly demonstrated in the popularity of contemporary entertainers like Chalamet, Cole Sprouse, Harry Styles, and Luka Sabbat. Softboys might dabble in womanly apparel, challenging traditional masculinity and explicitly bathing in femininityworldwide box officeplaying a queer roleThe softboy gets a rebrand
The term softboy was coined in 2015 by writer Alan Hanson in a Medium article
The modern man is getting softer
The acceptance of the softboy look and softboy behavior has huge benefits, like combating toxic masculinity. It comes as no surprise, as a study from 2015 observedstudy, from 2017, found that only 7.4% of men rated athleticism and physical perfection to be very important and 14.4% rated it as unimportant. The same survey found that the traits most valued among men were dependability, reliability, honesty, and loyalty, suggesting a cultural change from the alpha-male idealsthe ratings.
Society has a long history of teaching men that manhood is mastered through power, strength, athleticism, and heterosexual prowess, but the new lead characters in Hollywood, who women are still going crazy for, do not share these goals.
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