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“It was all based on stereotypes,” he said, and anathema to gay kids like himself who were teased for not being “manly” enough.

But because Jem, like so many of these characters, is underwritten, Bean has to fall back on generalized manly intensity, which turns their showdowns into actorly exercises.

So they also cling to the image of the “Mommy,” the woman who is there to provide all the comfort and care that Daddy is too manly to offer.

But all share a view that men are the oppressed ones in our society, supposedly denied their ability to bro out and be their full manly selves.

The opposite, however, is what's happening: Trump's trade war is shutting down American factories that need foreign-sourced materials, as well as devastating other "manly" blue-collar jobs like truck driving and farming.