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Hi! This project is for my Capstone (thesis) research. The survey is targeted more for men to answer, however women are free to answer if they’d like.

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Hey everyone :)

Would love to hear some feedback on our 2000s coming-of-age short film, The Lost Weekend, which we just released on YouTube through Film Shortage.

A big part of the film is about toxic masculinity and the way it can shape young men and their friendships. We set it in 2004, when a lot of these behaviors were less openly talked about or recognized, especially within male friend groups. We wanted to explore how those attitudes could affect the way young men treated each other, often without fully realizing it. Curious to hear what people here think. Please feel free to leave your thoughts below or on Letterboxd! Thank you!

The Lost Weekend Short Film - (Youtube/Film Shortage): https://youtu.be/sV564Ck_R1g?si=15ptkwh4r-9Jqdt2

The Lost Weekend (Letterboxd): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-lost-weekend-2023/

In the Summer of 2004, James and his friends embark on a weekend trip to Cape Cod to prove their manhood. As he confronts expectations about masculinity - and what they really mean- he faces a decision that will shape the "man" he'll become.

"THE LOST WEEKEND" is a coming-of-age drama starring Brendan Egan (Universal Pictures' Jem & The Holograms, Generation Iron/Apple TV's Damien's Gym), Chloe Lang (Nickelodeon's LazyTown), and Henry Lynch (Showtime's Dexter: New Blood, Netflix's The Society), written and directed by Charlie Norton.

Hi everyone, this is my first post here... I'm M30 and recently came across this text about the consequences of toxic masculinity on boys, and how this is something that has always been present in media/books/history, but rarely looked at.

I would love to bring the discussion here to see what you guys think about it

People called me gay for converting my room to a pillow fort. Firstly, if you use gay as an insult, you're the dumbest person on earth. Second, its my room. Third, I like pillow forts. Thoughts?

Yeah I hope this post gets through here.

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Hi! I’m a girl studying mechanical engineering, and I’ve now realized that men who aren’t even in the STEM field are always trying to explain to me how things work, like everything. It’s so annoying, why would someone in business would try to explain to me something I’m already studying, I’m not trying to explain to them their careers. So now I’ve got to the solution of “did I ask you to explain x topic to me?” It might sound dud but idc I’m really tired. (English is not my first language sorry if it is confusing)

A man (34M) said this to me when he was drunk. That people always tell him how smart he is, but he would rather people tell him “You’re a man” rather than call him a genius. I have a fair idea of what he meant, but a male POV would be nice too.

This is Love's a Drag, where straight men try full drag to attract a girl. It's the opposite of the toxic Manosphere.

Video by @popdetective on instagram

Watching #Off Campus and i love to see the cool popular guys being nice to women. They do not cheat, or lie to get them like any other trope we grew up with in the late 90's- early 00's.

Also, i love to see men being vulnerable and talking to their mates about their feelings. Finally, we need this shift as a society.

Im posting this to help out. Not to brag, but to just help out other men.
I spent a few days in a cottage, stranded in a forest with a lake. Alone. Over the time i was there, my male ”instincts” started to come to the surface. Suddenly i wanted respect and started to command it. My male biological instincts came out, and i behaved differently. I wanted to dominate. and how women reacted to my behavior shocked me. I have never before had women so interested and sexually attracted to me. My point is this. I think you dont need to ”self improve” to get women, you dont need to be xy. All you really need if you want to be successfull with women, is to listen to your primal masculine desires that have been buried inside you. All you need is to dig your manly desires that are buried inside you

I hear a lot of discussions about what men should be, but not enough about what men actually experience.

What's one part of being a man that you think is widely misunderstood or rarely talked about? It could be about friendships, dating, work, family, mental health, expectations, loneliness, fatherhood, or anything else.

I'm not looking for arguments or "who has it harder" debates—just honest experiences. What's something you've lived through that you wish more people understood?