"How do you like your men? Yes, obviously, we shouldn't be dismissively taxonomising a whole gender like boxed Barbies. But in the era of tradwives and nu-gen gold diggers, in which the manosphere remains alive and kick(box)ing, telling teenage boys lies about women, I reckon there's a way to go before we reach reductive objectification parity. Does that make it OK? No. Am I going to do it anyway? Yes, a bit."
"Regardless, my ideal man is wildly at odds with the zeitgeist and my husband needs to punch up his protein intake and stop having opinions, because the New York Times claims a new dream man has dropped and he's beefy, placid and politically ambiguous. What do we know about the nouveau-neutral hunk? Well, apart from the essential 1:1 neck-to-head ratio and thighs like sequoias, he's sweetly naive, simple, almost oafish."
Ideal man described as small, strong, dark and highly over-stimulating. Contemporary trends elevate a beefy, placid, politically ambiguous 'Woke Jock' who pairs blokeyness with gentleness, comfort with vulnerability, and readiness to be out-earned. The Woke Jock appears naive about modern masculinity's complexities and therefore unfazed by its expectations. Celebrity examples such as Travis Kelce represent a large, light-on-ego athlete who delights in a partner's intellect. A contrast emerges between compact, intense preferences and the new neutral-hunk archetype, with humor and self-awareness used while acknowledging discomfort with reductive categorizations of gender.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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