The New Dream Guy Is Beefy, Placid and … Politically Ambiguous

Article here. H-wood is now lionizing some "ideal" man who is brainless, having no opinions of his own. Didn't feminists used to deride similar depictions of women, feminine but lacking any of her own opinions? The double-standard is glaring. Excerpt:

'Lately there has been a return of this type: the hunk with a heart of gold. For years, he was left in the dustbin of retrograde male figures, sidelined in favor of something more sophisticated: the self-aware outsider, the flustered nerd, the romantic misfit. Now there is a clear craving for the fantasy man who seems sweetly naïve, simple, almost oafish — concerned mostly, by the looks of it, with working out and the pleasure of a protein shake. If he seems unfazed by the byzantine requirements of modern masculinity, it is largely because he doesn’t know or care that they exist.
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The straightforward appeal and charisma of these guys overlap with the simplicity of their messaging. Their success as political surrogates comes from yoking their charm and louche authenticity to kitchen-sink issues like the cost of living. They can discuss the astronomical cost of health care right alongside the inflated price of creatine supplements. Just guileless dudes making guileless points.'