Cock-a-doodle Doo ! – Guys, we need to talk
Cock-a-doodle Doo ! – Guys, we need to talk
Ed. All in all
224 pages
There are men, to whom we apply the label “masculinist”, who deplore the loss of power of men in society and in private life. Mickaël Bergeron, also a columnist at The gallery, is not one of them. His essay takes the form of a series of short texts where he questions the violence of men or about an expression like “boys will be boys”, about the length of the penis as well as the size of Thor’s muscles. , on homophobia as on virility in 2023. He sometimes refers to specific texts, but more often, he finds food for thought in popular culture (TV, cinema, pop music) and situations of the everyday life. His approach is friendly and accessible.
Adonis
The masculine ideal in vogue at the moment could be summed up as Ryan Gosling in barbie : a guy not just a healthy weight, but perfectly cut. The model that the young men interviewed by director Jérémie Battaglia aim for in Adonis is, however, of another order. They are real “Mr. Muscles” for whom training is a dangerous extreme sport. The documentarian lifts the veil on what he describes as a public health crisis which goes completely under the radar and reveals an entire system fueled by social networks which encourages the use of anabolic steroids by amateur bodybuilders. It also reveals the fragilities hidden behind this desire to be imposing and frightening.
On Télé-Québec
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The great stampede
Karina Marceau addresses the issue of pornography from a powerful angle: its impact on the intimate lives and even the sexual functions of young men. Yes, porn addicts are sometimes reduced to taking erectile dysfunction medications in their early twenties. The documentary filmmaker goes well beyond mechanics and examines what excessive consumption of pornography causes in the intimate lives of the young adults interviewed (young women also testify) and how repeated exposure to stereotypical images impoverishes the erotic imagination essential to a fulfilling sex life.
On Tou.tv
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The Mask You Live In
This documentary from the United States perhaps does not completely depict the reality in Quebec, but it digs deep into a number of questions concerning an apparently failing link in masculinity that concerns everyone: the socialization of boys. Of boys club from daycare to college “fraternities”, from the first steps in sports to addiction to violent video games, director Jennifer Siebel offers a powerful and touching mosaic of experts and men mistreated by what society does to them. asks to be. There are sad scenes in this film that make you cry when teenagers dare to take off their masks…
About The Representation Project
See the documentary page on The Representation Project website (in English)
On the men’s side
On the men’s side is not a popcorn series that seeks first to entertain, like those that are invading Netflix. Rather, it presents specialist testimonies without fluff or staging. We talk about performance anxiety, reluctance to consult, under-education, etc. Its host, Dany Turcotte, spoke about it in 2022 to our journalist Marc-André Lemieux as a “necessary” series which raises “problems of guys, who have taken their hole” and who are “looking for themselves”.
The Press
On Media Knowledge
Watch the documentary series on the Savoir Média website
Boys, a genre film
There are guys who dare to step out of the box by claiming their sensitivity or an unusual gender identity, but many still believe that being a man means being strong and not showing your vulnerability, shows this documentary by Manuel Foglia . They speak little, only cry in secret and many consider a hockey locker room to be a safe space (safe space). The strength of this film is to present the students in their natural environment – in this case, a comprehensive school – and to capture eloquent scenes: the very physical interactions between the boys in the corridors, the complex handshakes that the groups friends exchange like a code or very evocative comments caught on the fly.
On TV5UNIS
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