Benedict Cumberbatch: Men need to 'shut up and listen' about toxic masculinity

has called for an end to ‘the status quo and the patriarchy’ as he urged men to ‘shut up and listen’.star urged for a change in men’s behaviour in an interview ahead of the release of his new film, Power of the Dog, from director Jane Campion.film, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, Benedict plays masochistic rancher Phil Burbank, who inspires fear even to those closest to him, particularly targeting his brother’s new wife and hew son.

Benedict, 45, was speaking about the theme of toxic masculinity which is clearly present in the novel and film, when he said we ‘need to fix the behaviour of men’., the Oscar-nominated actor said we are living ‘in a world that’s questioning, and ripping into, and finally pointing out the inadequacies of, the status quo and the patriarchy’.

‘You get this sort of rebellion aspect, or this childish denial, the defensive position of “Not all men are bad! Blah blah blah”.’He went on: ‘We just have to shut up and listen.’star said that society is currently in an era where survivors are given a platform to speak their truth.The film has been called ‘the performance of Benedict’s career’

Reflecting on the theme of his new film, Benedict said that ‘somewhere down the line’ society will have to ‘examine the reason behind the oppressive behaviour [in order] to fix the men’. Power of the Dog, which is now in cinemas but will be added to Netflix next month, also stars Spider-Man starTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that

Benedict Camilla bring me to see Julietta at bfi sorry not my kind of women 4 nails....blah blah blah....Pedro is already a masterpiece I was saying to a bond girl 10 minutes ago you will see my reality looking into the political place of women now.....

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All men? Including non white men? Careful now Benny!

I think that since the 60’s, women have been climbing to different positions and growing, changing their social role and so, which is great. However, men have not been educated to follow up these changes since then. And this is what needs addressing.

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