Elliot Page, 39, Defines Healthy Masculinity as Rejecting Emotional Shutdown
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Elliot Page, 39, Defines Healthy Masculinity as Rejecting Emotional Shutdown
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 16
Summary
Elliot Page said on Ilana Glazer’s podcast that “healthy masculinity” means resisting the urge to shut down and close off emotionally.
Asked about masculinity as a public figure on a “gender journey,” the 39-year-old actor said transitioning made him notice and push back against pressures to conform to stoic male behavior.
Page pointed to moments with male fans who would not smile in photos, saying he caught himself wondering if he should also appear closed off before rejecting that impulse.
He said healthy masculinity also includes self-care and self-acceptance — from drinking water to “a really good cry” — as an alternative to the violence, abuse and cruelty he linked to toxic masculinity.
Page came out as transgender in 2020 and uses he/they pronouns; he is known for “Juno,” “Inception” and the “X-Men” films.