We’re facing a ‘masculinity crisis’ in which ‘boys and young men are being fed contradictory cultural signals about masculinity’

National Research Group polled 1,250 young men on where they look for male role models.

Only 52 percent of the young men polled claimed to have real people in their lives to act as their role models, while 26 percent said they found role models in fictional characters, and 21 percent in celebrities.

The study includes a list of the top 20 fictional role models for men and women.

The study contends with how masculinity in different movies is viewed, not only in a general sense, but also across the political divide.

There were outliers: Brokeback Mountain was viewed as having positive role models by liberals but not by conservatives.

Rocky and Creed were two of the highest-scoring movies.

The study shows that if young men aren’t getting the representation they seek from Hollywood , they’re just going to YouTube .

The YouTuber MrBeast is cited as the reigning real-world role model for Gen Alpha .

MrBeast does come in for Gen Z and millennials, but not until 10th place, slotted right after Jesus Christ .