VCC304H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Foxcatcher, Blue-Collar Worker, Larry Flynt
19 Apr 2016
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A 2014 article in the uk telegraph stated that there is a crisis in modern masculinity, with men struggling to deal with pressures in their personal and professional lives, according to a report by the mental health charity calm. A may 2015 article in tech times points to phillip zimbardo, psychologist and professor emeritus at stanford university and his new book man disconnected: How technology has sabotaged what it means to be male , in which he argues that men are suffering from a masculinity crisis as a result of excessive use of video games and porn. The addictive watching of online porn and playing too much video games, Zimbardo argues, may be changing men"s brain structure and is increasingly and disastrously a boys intro to human sexuality. Looking for validation they don"t get in the real world. Men are learning social skills in online world. Hugh hefner"s playboy made its debut in 1958.
