Jonathan Van Ness Slams Sean Penn's 'Toxic Masculinity'
Sean Penn for promoting "toxic masculinity" after the actor's controversial remarks about men becoming "feminized" and wearing skirts.Van Ness, of Queer Eye fame is a podcast host and author, who uses gender-neutral pronouns.They took to Twitter this week to call out the Mystic River actor who is making headlines for his comments about gender."I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminized," Penn said in an interview with U.K.
news outlet The i last month.Penn later doubled down on his sentiments surrounding masculinity while speaking with The Independent."I think that men have, in my view, become quite feminized," he told the newspaper.He added: "I have these very strong women in my life who do not take masculinity as a sign of oppression toward them.
There are a lot of, I think, cowardly genes that lead to people surrendering their jeans and putting on a skirt."Van Ness has condemned Penn's comments and labeled them "ignorant, transphobic, and devoid of intelligence."The host of the new Netflix series Getting Curious took to Twitter where they shared a headline about Penn's remarks that included a photo of Van Ness, who famously wears dresses."First of all Im non binary," they tweeted.First of all Im non binary.
Second, @SeanPenn your remarks are ignorant, transphobic, and devoid of intelligence. My cowardly genes have more strength, resolve, and beauty than you could understand.
