Back in the day in sociology we watched the film "tough" guise. This fils talked about how men are shaped through the media to perform a certain social expectation of being tough and mean and "being like a man". If men don't confirm to these social expectation they are made fun of and called a wimp and other names.
We learn at too early of an age of the "true" image of what a man is and we are constantly reminded every second of how we need to act, look, and behave to be considered "Normal" in today's society.
What doesn't make sense to me is that since we are always reminded of what the true man is then why don't we see more of us acting that way. There are those certain traits that we see here and there that we show but most guys aren't striving For that true man image. I feel that the "tough" guise isn't this complete mask that covers up our true selves but is more of a blanket that only covers up somethings but not everything
Maybe you are right that men don't cover up everything with a tough guise. But another way to look at it is that the movie showed the most extreme aspects of masculinity. Even though men don't emulate that they are pulled toward that end of the spectrum.
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