The Toxic Male: Why We’ll Never Really Escape Him

Does no one care about “toxic masculinity” anymore? For a brief moment after the mainstream rise of MeToo, it seemed like the worst thing ever for a man to get called out for bad behaviors. But now the toxic male is thriving – he’s getting worship on our movies and on our TV screens, he’s got a million TikTok followers. Here’s our take on why the era of outrage over toxic masculinity is truly dead – and Hollywood and social media have doubled down to put the toxic male back on top and at the center of our stories.

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00:00 Is the "Toxic Masculinity" discourse dead?
01:12 How the Toxic Male endures (and endears) onscreen
06:02 The dangers of the real-life "Bro-fluencer"
10:38 How some stars subvert toxic masculinity