{"id":1828438,"date":"2023-01-30T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828438"},"modified":"2023-01-30T08:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:52:50","slug":"the-masculinity-crisis-and-the-death-of-the-hollywood-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-masculinity-crisis-and-the-death-of-the-hollywood-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"The Masculinity Crisis and the Death of the Hollywood Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-masculinity-crisis-and-the-death-of-the-hollywood-hero%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/james-bond-skyfall.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>A quick Google search for 2023\u2019s most anticipated movies brings up some interesting results.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning: Part One\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCreed III\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExtraction 2\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Equalizer 3\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are the commonalities of all these movies? Every movie has a strong male lead character.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, the desire and demand for these movies comes at the same time that Hollywood is trying to demonize masculinity by destroying traditional Hollywood heroes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not talking about the Marvel comic book heroes; I mean the classic, James Bond types. Real men not in tights who fire lasers from their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>This essay is a great example of how to discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/marciasirotamd.com\/psychology-popular-culture\/the-emasculation-of-hollywood-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Male actors are emasculated<\/a>Dr. Marcia Sirota from Toronto, a psychiatrist, describes what it means to be a therapist. \u201cgradual process of psychological and emotional castration\u201d That is draining. \u201cmasculine energy\u201d Out of Hollywood<\/p>\n<p>The days of American heros are fast ending. This is not a bug; it\u2019s a feature. Dr. Sirota said today that both the large and small screens are saturated with floodlights. \u201cman-boys\u201d Who now rival the girls in looks with their new look \u201chigh cheekbones, pouty lips and ultra-long lashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before, not that long ago, girls wanted to date or marry the men they saw on screen; now, they\u2019re more likely to want to emulate them. It seems that the feeling is mutual. Men have been reduced in Hollywood to a shaming of authentic masculinity. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/timothee-chalamet-bones-and-all-premiere-haider-ackermann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caricatures of emasculated women<\/a>These are pale imitations of traditional masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Pitt was once considered to be the epitome masculine energy. He can now be seen wearing a skirt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BulletTrain?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BulletTrain<\/a> Brad Pitt in a skirt \u201cWe\u2019re all gonna die, so let\u2019s mess it up.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4Ce3LROrj\">https:\/\/t.co\/c4Ce3LROrj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m0RQImAidz\">pic.twitter.com\/m0RQImAidz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1554301061040685059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington and Denzel Washington aren&#8217;t just physically powerful actors capable of dominating the screen.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re an endangered species.<\/p>\n<p>They represent a time rapidly ending, a period when Hollywood was still looking for strong males. For deep psychological reasons, the characters played by these three men resonate with viewers. They provide a temporary escape from the sexism of western society at a time when it has, in some ways, turned its back against men.<\/p>\n<p>The psychologist Tania Reynolds recently discussed the fact that, in modern-day America, men\u2019s suffering is treated a lot differently to women\u2019s suffering. Reynolds observed that men are more likely be homeless or imprisoned than to drop out from college.<\/p>\n<p>As Pew research shows, men, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2022\/01\/19\/recent-surge-in-u-s-drug-overdose-deaths-has-hit-black-men-the-hardest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Particularly black men<\/a> Overdosed drug users are three times more likely to die than those who drink. Suicide is also more common in men. Suicide is the leading cause for death in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/headsupguys.org\/suicide-stats-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men under 50 years of age<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet, as Reynolds pointed out, society is still unwilling to fully acknowledge men\u2019s suffering.\u00a0That\u2019s because millions of Americans still subscribe to a vague, empirically unsound notion that we live in a \u201cman\u2019s world.\u201d If this is true why are so few men so miserable?<\/p>\n<p>Agency is the false belief that men enjoy unparalleled privileges regardless of their financial status or social standing. On average, men are perceived to have more control and agency over their lives.<\/p>\n<p>This belief is a contributor to the pernicious aggressor\/victim dynamics, in which men are more likely be viewed to be perpetrators of various crime while women are more likely be viewed to be faultless victims.<\/p>\n<p>This helps to explain why #MeToo quickly evolved from Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s scandal into the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/alyssa-milano-metoo-hypocrisy-biden-media\/\">believe all women<\/a>\u201d movement. To believe all women, is to almost automatically be suspicious about all men.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/hollywood-create-destroy-times-up\/\"><strong>RELATED: HOW HOLLYWOOD HELPED CREATE, DESTROY TIME\u2019S UP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the impact of #MeToo is less profound today than it was a few decades ago, many still find the notion that the vast majority are decent, law-abiding citizens worthy of sympathy strange. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/joe-rogan-criticized-mocked-after-saying-straight-white-men-are-n1267801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s even absurd.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are now back to the first paragraph, and the escapism that they provide. These movies come at a time in which masculine energy is being depleted from society.<\/p>\n<p>The days of Alpha-fueled escapism seem to be coming to an abrupt halt. Tom Cruise, star of the \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d franchise is 60. Denzel Washington, \u201cThe Equalizer\u2019s\u201d Main man is 68. Mr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is 80.<\/p>\n<p>These legends can\u2019t go on forever. This is also true for other men&#8217;s icons like Robert De Niro (79), Samuel L. Jackson (74) and Al Pacino (82).<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these actors&#8217; work if you have the time and the desire. Because, in just a few years, Hollywood won\u2019t have any Alpha males left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Mac Ghlionn works as a psychosocial researcher. He also contributes to UnHerd, Newsweek and the NY Post.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick Google search for 2023\u2019s most anticipated movies brings up some interesting results. \u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4\u201d \u201cMission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning: Part One\u201d \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny\u201d \u201cCreed III\u201d \u201cExtraction 2\u201d \u201cThe Equalizer 3\u201d What are the commonalities of all these movies? Every movie has a strong male lead character. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1828441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[13671,6170,6499,6845,4361],"class_list":["post-1828438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-masculinity","tag-crisis","tag-death","tag-hero","tag-hollywood"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1828441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}