Bonding With Batman Could Make You Stronger - study suggests watching superheroes can actually increase males' self esteem.

EpicJ · 2012-09-17T20:25:03+00:00

Hasn't that always been the case, that's why we have super heroes to act as role models for kids

mythin · 2012-09-17T22:11:29+00:00

Overweight Batman fanatic here:

Watching Dark Knight Rises and seeing Bane/Tom Hardy made me really want to lose weight and /be just like them./ My girlfriend calls it 'Batman Thinspo'

drinkthebleach · 2012-09-18T07:30:41+00:00

The Avengers threw me into a serious depression actually, but the comic books helped me through being bullied as a kid.

Dan_Schmidt · 2012-09-17T20:59:30+00:00

How about a study on constantly seeing men as villains?

2012-09-17T23:13:44+00:00

I don't know about superhero's but there are absolutely men who I see succeed in life that I seek to emulate. The life of richard haliburton, the work ethic and state of mind of joe rogan, and the 'fuck you' attitude of steve mcqueen. ("I live for myself and I answer to nobody," became my mantra the second I read it)

Riesea · 2012-09-18T02:07:54+00:00

I read quite a bit of deadpool... this explains SO much.

2012-09-18T10:14:37+00:00

I'm still fairly confident that wearing my spider-man knickers as a kid gave me the ability to shot web since a teen.

Trenchyjj · 2012-09-18T20:54:35+00:00

If it helps, I'm more of a Joker man, I'd love to blow up hospitals.

cthulufunk · 2012-09-18T00:42:30+00:00

Self-esteem is a fraudulent concept. You get esteem by doing and from accomplishment, not watching.

Title	Bonding With Batman Could Make You Stronger - study suggests watching superheroes can actually increase males' self esteem.
Author	My-Work-Reddit
Upvotes	45
Comments	32
Date	September 17, 2012 8:11 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/101fjt/bonding_with_batman_could_make_you_stronger_study/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/bonding-with-batman-could-make-you-stronger-study.1013333 https://theredarchive.com/post/1013333

Comments