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5 Things Brad Pitt Has Adopted That Have Made His Masculinity Incredibly Intimidating

Sometimes it seems as though the gods created Brad Pitt specifically as a check to keep self-conscious guys from becoming overconfident in themselves. This isn’t a bad thing. Dudes could stand to be taken down a peg from time to time. Everyone laments, and rightly so, the fact that women are constantly being compared to utterly impossible ideals, and that’s unlikely to stop any time soon. To even things out, maybe it’s just that we need more images in our culture that present men in ways that make us dudes feel like we can never measure up. That may present a host of other problems, but at least there’d be a more level playing field. This path toward equality is aided by movies like Magic Mike and stars like Brad Pitt. Maybe.

[h2]2) That thing where he puts his hands on his hips[/h2]

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It’s not just his facial disposition that projects “I am a MAN and IDGAF,” but also Brad Pitt’s physical presence, his body language. One prominent aspect of his physicality is the standing posture he’s adopted for some characters lately, an authoritative pose that complements his commanding jaw, standing with his hands on his hips, often with a tucked shirt. This is body language that yells “I’m in charge mofos” or “I’m the manager of this team, deal with it” or “I’m the fittest guy in this club” or “I’m the master of this house, Jessica Chastain.”

So we see this pose used in Moneyball a lot, basically anytime he goes into the clubhouse and tells the team to get their poop in a group, and has to convey an air of confidence. It’s used to somewhat goofier effect in Burn After Reading to capture a clueless meathead whose confidence is horribly misplaced. It’s a pose a lot of dudes can look absolutely ridiculous holding (see: Bill Paxton), but Pitt pulls it off like a pro. Damn him.

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