Dartmouth offers a course called “ The Orlando Syllabus,” addressing the “emergence of mass violence, homophobia and masculine rage.” And, of course, the president-elect of the United States moves on women “like a bitch” and advocates grabbing them by the pussy. Fast-food commercials with the tagline “man up” depict X-Men’s Mystique morphing into a “real man” after tearing into a bacon cheeseburger. ![]() The film’s main theme - toxic masculinity - is certainly all around us these days. He’s the main character of American Male, a short film directed by Michael Rohrbaugh and the winning submission to MTV’s Look Different competition, which vows “to erase the hidden racial, gender and anti-LGBT bias all around us.” He lifts weights, crushes beers and awkwardly avoids eye contact with another fraternity brother with whom there’s apparent sexual tension. ![]() ![]() So goes the inner monologue of a closeted gay frat bro practicing his beer-pong shot at what could be any college in America.
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