The Bro Code
This documentary shows how teenage boys and men role model to boys how to treat women,,, and the work we face to change this learned behavior
The Bro Code
The Bro Code unpacks and takes aim at the forces of masculinity that condition boys and men to fundamentally dehumanize and disrespect women. The film breaks down a range of contemporary media forms that are saturated with sexism—movies and music videos that glamorise misogyny, pornography that trades in the brutalisation and commodification of women, comedy routines that make light of sexual assault, and a slate of men’s magazines and TV shows that propagate myths of what it means to be a man in this culture: that it’s not only normal, but “cool” for boys and men to control and humiliate women. There’s nothing natural or inevitable about this mentality. And it’s extremely harmful in the real world. By setting the myths against reality, The Bro Code challenges young people to step up and fight back against this culture, to reject the fundamental idea that being a ‘real man’ means disrespecting women.
The Bro Code
This documentary is created and directed by Dr. Thomas Keith, where he analyzes how modern media influences sexism among males. He divides the documentary into four primary sections, each one articulating the steps that media indirectly uses to contribute to male sexism. Ultimately media pressures young males into a rigid belief system where only a select few hold power and privilege and the rest are belittled and ostracized. Dr. Keith urges the audience to be more aware of how sexist views are portrayed in our society and that we should strive to discourage them.
