An odd thing about watching some of Hollywood genres where male psychology figure prominently, is you get to witness many of the very worst contemporary male faults. Strangely, attributions like “Does not play well with others,” is almost a call to arms for many of our contemporary brethren. Self-gratification is defined as the “the act of giving oneself pleasure or of satisfying one’s own desires [1].” But why is this bad, because many adults agree that civil social interaction actually requires a degree of willful collaboration, sympathetic sharing, and mutual respect and possibly some selflessness? So the question has to be asked what can be done about this trend? First I would say stop the Hollywood promotion of these anti-social attributes and stop it while things are still (relatively) manageable. Raging self-absorbed testosterone of the past, (sometime defined as narcissism) led to some of our worst historical incidents. No, this trend in entertainment isn’t new but it’s a sad turn of affairs just the same. As in the past, what can start as conventional dramatic presentation can become a kind of social etiquette for the easily influenced.
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