What are some good role models for men?
Feel free to highlight people from both reality and fiction - and why they make a good role model.
Feel free to highlight people from both reality and fiction - and why they make a good role model.
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Iceblade02, I’ll admit, I was stuck on this for a while before posting, trying to come up with a (relatively) recent example.
My pick is Baby from Baby driver (awesome movie btw). It is the story of a young man who partly through poor decisions, and partly through circumstance ends up in bad circles. Throughout the movie, he learns to stand up for himself, what (he believes) is right, and those he cares for.
What I found most compelling however is how he - when faced with a serious choice - takes responsibility for his actions and mistakes, owning up to them and in the process stops the people he cares most about ending up in harms way.
In my opinion, that is perhaps one of the most important parts of being a man, owning and taking responsibility for your actions, even when that may come at a great personal cost.
BeefPiano, Ted Lasso is a great portrayal of masculinity
Iceblade02, Is the series worth watching even for someone entirely uninterested in sports?
Wwwbdd, I found it to be saccharine garbage. I struggled through one season because I always heard good things and I truly hated it by the end. It’s on the level of Paw Patrol for dramatic tension
Crackhappy, Valid, I can see why you think that.
BeefPiano, That actually becomes a plot point for S2 and S3, they explore why Ted is the way it is.
Crackhappy, Yep. 100% absolutely. I am also not into sports at all, and honestly I don’t even give a crap about the sports part, I care about the fantastic portrayal of what real men are.
I_Am_Jacks_____, Absolutely. The soccer/football aspects of the show are really pretty minimal. I didn’t go into the show as a soccer fan and really enjoyed it.
Iceblade02, Guess I’ll check it out then!
ada, There’s hardly any sports in it, despite the theme of the show
JustZ, They go out of their way to not show the sprorts, and when they do it’s comically bad.
BeefPiano, Yeah, I don’t like any sports and I loved Ted Lasso. A part of my fondness might be due to the show arriving in the thick of COVID and the Trump presidency.
partial_accumen, Mr Rogers
morphballganon, Steve Rogers. He tries to see where people are coming from when they disagree. He only kills Nazis because Nazis are bullies; he’s not just blindly following orders. He steps into situations out of concern for others’ well-being, not as a chore or for self-gain.
Dagwood222, Someone said that Steve Rogers real super power was being able to always make the right choice
VaultBoyNewVegas, I can see that. In the comics that’s generally been Caps thing is his unwavering morality.
Zachariah, Mr. Rogers
Steve Irwin
Bob Ross
LeVar Burton
Utah Philips
Thích Nhất Hạnh
FBJimmy, When Steve Irwin was alive I thought he was amazing, but then again he died as I entered my twenties… These days when I look back at pictures like this, I do question how much of a ‘great guy’ he was…
https://lemmus.org/pictrs/image/e53af789-9c4d-43f7-a994-76d709305e7d.webp
OlPatchy2Eyes, That baby is the second safest person in that entire arena
Iceblade02, I will also submit Stephen Fry - for afaik being a great guy all around.
Rookwood, There’s a lot of good British comedians who are. Stephen had a cocaine addiction, but he’s talked about it openly and his struggle with it.
MamboGator, Gomez Addams as portrayed by Raul Julia. Suave, athletic, welcoming, in touch with his feelings, and a loving husband, father and brother.
Everythingispenguins, (edited ) The Addams family was a genuine departure from most sitcom families, It depicted a Family who loved each other, parents who I weren’t afraid to openly I show love for each other and actively supported their children’s endeavors.
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Dagwood222, [off topic] One of the best ‘ask science fiction’ questions I ever read. What would have happened if baby Kal-El had been found and raised by the Addmas Family?
MamboGator, Ho. Lee. Dang.
This has to happen.
Dagwood222, Well, one thing I see is that the Addams and the Luthors must be frenemies before the crash. Lex is super competitive and Gomez is one of the few rich guys he sees as being his equal.
Also, Wednesday is Batgirl.
owenfromcanada, Aragorn from the Lord of the Rings. Kiss your homies on the forehead, then stab a nazgul.
I read an article where the author explained how she felt so comfortable with all the men in LotR because of the healthy portrayal of masculinity.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod, Sam Vimes
CheapFrottage, And indeed his author
OlPatchy2Eyes, Commander Samuel Vimes
toxicbubble, (edited ) most sitcom protagonists
edit: yall are hopeless
MamboGator, My favourite will always be Uncle Phil.
OlPatchy2Eyes, Sorry, really? Maybe we’re not watching the same sitcoms. Can you explain?
FunkyMonk, Those spider peoples sometimes and usually.
tsonfeir, Keanu
SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE, Rides motorcycles, skilled with firearms IRL, and all around soft-spoken gentleman. Keanu gets my vote too.
MorrisonMotel6, Also legit BJJ practitioner
tsonfeir, Totally won’t show you his asshole though.
SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE, That’s OK, it’s a request not a demand. Maybe I should have put the word “please” in my username.
tsonfeir, If you ask nicely, you might just get your wish 🍑
That’s what my mother used to say anyway. Not sure if she has this in mind though, but who knows?
captain_aggravated, Made more money saying “whoa” than everyone in this thread has made doing everything we’ve ever done.
crypticthree, Fred Hampton
username_unavailable, Wil Wheaton seems like the kind of man I’d like to be. I used to read his blog in like 2004/2006? And the interviews and writing I’ve seen just confirm he’s a better person than me. And to hear what he went through with his family and the way he talks about it, it’s obvious to me that either he’s received good therapy, had good support around him, or was just naturally adept at emotionally processing and a way I probably never will be even with therapy.
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