Being "tough" for a man is generally defined as being harsh,violent,rude and killing people.The movie "Tough Guise" explains the use of "tough" in movies and media which causes men to act as violent and strong images.They think that if they are not "tough", they are useless.The film shows the increase in men image throughout the years and it is interesting that Star Wars toys for little boys have become more muscular.Another shocking thing that is shown in the movie is "children killing children".It is not written as "boys killing boys".Statistics show that men do many of the crimes but media tries to hide this by writing "children killing children".Jackson Katz speaks about the rap stars who play the tough guy as acting like that because of their circumstances and this is a different example for the men image.Media,by showing men who use weapons,violence and power and by not accusing them causes these acts for being a tough man to continue by increasing.
In Turkey, the actor Kadir İnanır(in the picture) was the tough man of 70's and the 80's in the Turkish Cinema Yeşilçam.He always was slapping his girlfriends, and also loving them.He was not laughing or crying because he should be a man.He is a similar figure to John Wayne except that he is tough in the real life,different than John Wayne! He is tough enough to become angry at a man imitating his old movies.
"He is tough enough to become angry at a man imitating his old movies." Can you say more about this? I'm not familiar with the context...
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