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Penn Badgley, Ryan Reynolds and More Stars Fighting Toxic Masculinity
Stars like Penn Badgley Ryan Reynolds and James Van Der Beek are helping to redefine masculinity by embracing emotions and mental health struggles.
But here at Us, we’re hopeful that dangerous socalled male role models like Andrew Tate won’t win out: Whether by design or coincidence, a growing group of famous men are demonstrating emotional vulnerability, and showing boys it’s good to talk, hug and be in touch with their feelings. Sure, his character in You is the ultimate toxic male (he literally stalks and murders women he claims to love), but off-screen, the actor isn’t afraid to talk openly about his mental health, including a topic few celebrity men have spoken about publicly: past body dysmorphia. In a world in which boys can feel pressured by social media trends like “looksmaxxing” — which encourages guys to maximize their physical appearance, sometimes by drastic measures like surgery — and there is a so-called male loneliness epidemic, role models like Badgley and Van Der Beek are crucial.
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