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False bravdo, marketing, and masculinity

  • The gym can sometimes amplify immature notions of masculinity, urging the display of 'hardcore' behavior to prove oneself.
  • Influencers build cults of personality, promoting that 'true strength and manliness' comes from embracing extreme, aggressive gym culture.
  • This aggressive marketing targets insecurities, suggesting that one's masculinity is at stake if they don't adopt a certain intense fitness lifestyle.
  • This tactic mirrors how beauty companies market to women, making them feel inadequate without certain products.
  • The author disapproves of this predatory marketing, especially towards young and impressionable individuals, viewing it as a distortion of masculinity.
  • The author's personal view of masculinity emphasizes responsibility, holistic development, respectfulness, and self-awareness, contrasting sharply with the aggressive marketing strategies.
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