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But  it  doesn’t  hurt  to  discuss  it           Going  hand  in  hand  with  films  is
             once  again  since  the  epidemic  of             also  social  media.  Since  almost
             problematic          portrayal       hasn’t       everyone  has  access  to  social
             really died down yet.                             media,  we  have  only  seen  the
                                                               rapid     spread      of    videos      that
                                                               negatively           impact           one’s
                                                               perception of love.



















              It is no secret that several movies
             normalize             stalking           and
             gaslighting as a way to approach a
             woman you love. Along with it are

             several      tropes      and     dialogues
             which  try  to  establish  that  a                Now,  youth  are  easily  influenced
             woman  dressed  a  certain  way                   by  their  favourite  film  stars  and
             must  be  morally  corrupt.  Or  take             influencers       and     hence       it   is
             the  example  of  films  preaching                imperative         that      they      take
             how     fair    skin     colour      equals       responsibility  to  not  spread  the
             beauty.      All    these      create     an      wrong  message.  It  is  often  seen
             impression  in    young  minds  that              that  when  people  call  out  film
             all  this  is  normal.  On  one  hand,            actors       or      influencers         for
             while      we      have      problematic          regressive  dialogues  or  scenes,
             portrayals of women, the hydra of                 they  are  often  shut  down  by  fan
             misogyny  in  films  raises  its  ugly            armies  who  -ironically-  call  the
             head      in    the    form      of    toxic      people        regressive.        Granted,
             masculinity,  the  term  that  is  on             people  have  slowly  taken  notice
             everyone’s  lips  now.  Often,  we                of  regressive  ideologies  and  have
             see      on     screen        a    skewed         started  calling  out  the  creative
             presentation  of  what  it  means  to             minds  behind  the  film,  but  the
             be     a    man.      From      confusing         proportion of people who do that

             dominance  as  a  sign  of  healthy               is  small  compared  to  those  who
             masculinity  to  violence  being  the             just  eat  up  whatever  they  see  on
             apt  solution,  films  never  fail  to            the screen. It has been a long time
             present  a  dangerous  version  of                since we saw an Atticus Finch on
             masculinity.                                      screen.



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