Video: 4 Dumb Ways Modern Movies Portray Masculinity
While it may seem like the world is opening up to a spectrum of masculinity, Hollywood has never really wavered in its portrayal of action hunks and their opinion of what a man should is supposed to be like. Our friends over at Cracked take a short but in-depth look at these oiled-up muscly tropes in this video, as well as clichés regarding male intellect and, of course, height.
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