{"id":27206,"date":"2023-08-03T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=27206"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:37:15","slug":"experts-warn-of-devastating-effects-as-hollywood-deems-traditional-male-roles-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/08\/experts-warn-of-devastating-effects-as-hollywood-deems-traditional-male-roles-toxic.html","title":{"rendered":"Experts Warn of Devastating Effects as Hollywood Deems Traditional Male Roles ‘Toxic’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To some, “masculinity” has become a dirty word. The American Psychological Association recently released guidelines calling traditional masculinity “harmful.” Hollywood has been transparent about its disdain with popular movies like “Barbie.”<\/p>\n

A recent Politico\/Ipsos poll<\/a> found that 36 percent of Americans believe “entertainment and culture make it hard to feel proud to be a traditional guy.” Likewise, 31 percent believe the Democratic party is “hostile” to masculine views. Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley has been open on this topic, telling Fox News Digital that American men lost their way due to combining factors like outsourcing American jobs, the rapid advent of technology, and the narrative that men are “oppressors.”<\/p>\n

Hawley said, “I just think the message that the left has sent men in this country for decades now is that they’re trash. I mean, that’s a literal quote from a leftist professor. Men are trash. I think too many men have heard that message for too long and believed it in one form or another.”<\/p>\n

Comedian Tim Young told Fox News Digital that the portrayal of men in the Barbie” movie is just one example.\u00a0He said, “It’s pretty clear that the media views masculinity in only two ways: stupid or toxic. Like Barbieland, the concept of equality between men and women according to the media is fictional – and where there could be a chance to have everyone get along, their spin on things is to be divisive and put down men.”<\/p>\n

Young continued, “The funny thing is, they’ll also be the first to scream that you’re misogynist or toxically masculine if you point out that they hate men in the ‘Barbie’ movie. There’s no such thing as misandry to them.” Still, Hawley believes that “Barbie” is not the only example of media portraying men poorly, pointing to sitcoms over the past three decades, saying men and fathers are shown as “complete idiots” or “actively malign influences.”<\/p>\n