Why pretty boys have ousted beefcakes as Hollywood hottest heartthrobs: Tom Holland and Harry Styles are the poster boys for 'non-toxic masculinity' who appeal to Gen Z with 'enlightened' views

U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 1/4/2021 | Claire Toureille

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Ten years ago, baby-faced men were passed over in Hollywood for rugged looking stars with more traditionally masculine looks.

But today more feminine-looking actors with delicate features, shorter stature and symmetrical faces are more in demand because they appear to younger viewers, experts claim.

Gen Z audiences are drawn to celebrities like Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet and Harry Styles who embody a 'brand of enlightened non-toxic masculinity', according to beauty expert Laura Kay.

Their symmetrical, heart-shaped faces also make them more photogenic and therefore more popular on Instagram, which has become a key part in the Hollywood marketing machine.

These non-traditional leading men also benefit because younger generations are more tolerant of things which would have seen as 'abnormal' in the past, such as height differences or attitudes to gender, says dating and relationship expert Alex Mellor-Brook.

Tom Holland, 25, who is dating his co-star Zendaya, also 25, for example, is 5ft 8in, shorter than one might expect for a Hollywood A-lister, while Harry Styles, 27, proudly steps out in feminine clothing and has released a range of nail polishes.

[simpson96]

Harry Styles.

[Fido969]

Coincidentally, box office receipts at Hollywood movies is way down.

[alexander_busek]

But today more feminine-looking actors with delicate features, shorter stature and symmetrical faces are more in demand because they appear appeal to younger viewers, experts claim.

Bad copyediting!

Regards,

[PGR88]

[rktman]

Pasty faced pansyies all the rage. NOT!

[TexasGator]

[MAGA2017]

This is how a nation dies from within. Good grief.

[eyeamok]

America is Over, but I have never heard of this girl before

[marktwain]

They are being pushed by the entertainment industry/woke Leftists.

[beef]

Wait until hard times come. These guys will get chopped up and used for bait.

[metmom]

No thanks!!!

[Army Air Corps]

“Experts Claim”. More unnamed experts.

[simpson96]

Korean boy band BTS (yes, those are all males in that pic). Enormously popular with their young target demographic, world-wide.

[Sirius Lee]

Over the top faggotry.

[Bob434]

Theynare only,writing to,a very very narrow woke crowd. I think,most women still want their man to not run away scrraming when they spot a spider

[KC_Lion]

Style

[Codeflier]

Maybe popular with girls, but I doubt very popular with a much more important demographic...women.

[Army Air Corps]

I have never heard of any them. Then again, I haven’t seen any of their movies.

[ryderann]

If this person walked up to me, I’d laugh so hard that I’d wet myself.

[SMARTY]

I’m a woman... THOSE are not men