Why I'm done trying to be "man enough" | Justin Baldoni

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🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity -- to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal talk, he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world tells him a man should be. And he has a challenge for men: "See if you can use the same qualities that you feel make you a man to go deeper," Baldoni says. "Your strength, your bravery, your toughness: Are you brave enough to be vulnerable? Are you strong enough to be sensitive? Are you confident enough to listen to the women in your life?"

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0:00.0	It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hu.
0:06.3	I was so excited to come across this funny and inspiring talk from TED Women 2017, from the actor Justin Baldoni.
0:13.2	He's famous for his role as Raphael, the main love interest on the TV show Jane the Virgin.
0:18.8	Using his personal experience, he talks about why masculinity is broken for men,
0:24.4	not just women,
0:25.4	and how he's role-modeling the change he wants to see.
0:30.7	As an actor, I get scripts.
0:34.0	And it's my job to stay on script, to say my lines,
0:37.8	and bring to life a character that someone else wrote.
0:41.5	Over the course of my career,
0:43.4	I've had the great honor playing some of the greatest male role models
0:48.5	ever represented on television.
0:51.6	You might recognize me as male escort number one.
0:57.0	Photographer, date rapist,
0:58.8	shirtless date rapist
1:01.6	from the award-winning spring break shark attack.
1:06.1	Shirtless medical student,
1:07.5	a shirtless steroid using con man,
1:09.9	and in my most well-known role as Raphael.
1:13.6	A brooding, reformed playboy who falls for, of all things, a virgin,
1:21.6	and who's only occasionally shirtless.
1:26.6	Now, these roles don't represent the kind of man I am in my real life,
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