20 Pop-Culture Beacons of Non-Toxic Masculinity

They say young men are experiencing a role-model crisis, and that’s not just an Andrew Tate thing. When you think about it, it applies across pop culture. Cool guys are ‘roided-out behemoths who casually commit capital crime, and if they’re not cool, they’re schlubby doofuses. What if you don’t want to be either of those guys?

Well, there are some men on the big and small screen who are cool in a non-confrontational way. They’re husbands, fathers, experts, doctors, sinners, saints, they do not feel asham— wait. We got confused. The point is, pop culture isn’t a total dearth of non-toxic masculinity. Reddit proved that when user Jerswar asked r/AskReddit, “Who is the best male character who ISN’T a tough badass?”