Sentences with phrase «of male ego»

There is, predictably, more than a little explosion of male ego here (which, not to put too fine of a point on it, there has been in all Submarine Wharf installations thus far), but otherwise what is the function of size?

Another savagely funny savaging of male ego, à la Östlund's Force Majeure, the film takes place behind the scenes of a museum, where a pretentious curator (Claes Bang) grapples with personal and professional crises of his own making.

Justine is the film's level - headed operator for a reason — as the only female character, she seems very used to navigating pile - ups of male ego with little more than an eye - roll.

If the lines Allen delivers as the money - oriented «manager» don't feel quite as sharp or witty as the ones he might have written, overall the impression we get from early peeks is of a warmhearted, glossy comedy about late - life love, the battle of the sexes and the fragility of the male ego.

Consequently, finicky Johnny's metamorphosis into someone who could love the plain Jane, comparatively down - to - earth schoolteacher Yvonne (Catherine Keener, essentially rehearsing The 40 Year Old Virgin) consists of little more than Starman's Pinocchio epiphanies; Despite the fact that Johnny is the quintessential commitment - phobe, the character's Martian framework overrides his utility as a critique of the male ego.

Remember that you have to appeal to three aspects of his male ego: his mind, his heart and his physical desires.

Not exact matches

So, in his world being male is a handicap that needs accommodation under the ADA (in the US, at any rate) to ensure fragile egos aren't bruised by anyone of the wrong biological configuration.

Having created the myth of the black's extraordinary sexual prowess, the white male interprets such a case as an affront to his ego, his virility and his property.

This is the fruit of a viper - filled tree of second - best, the - husband - always - knows - better, the male ego is a fragile, to - be-protected-at-all-costs thing, even if that cost is the very soul of the woman who protects it.

Kinda makes a poor judge of character, so if you are willing to debate freely in a conversation on life, the world, the pursuit of knowledge, and all the unknowns in the world with an underage male, then I encourage you to continue the debate freely, but if you feel outmatched in a knowledge criteria and you wish to avoid shame of not understanding enough or even not knowing enough (because they are different) then i will gently step aside as not to harm your ego.

Is not our apparent tolerance and indifference probably a means of protection for the male ego?

Just more stiring of the Pot to go to war with Iran, getting the male egos in the Southern States fired up to Kill in the name of Religion and those who manipulate them by doing this news reporting.

Is not the transcendent, omnipotent, impassible symbol of God the quintessential embodiment of the solitary ruling male ego, above the fray, perfectly happy in himself, filled with power in the face of the obstreperousness of others?

The «provider males», however, seem to have an ego defense against the reality of their station in life.

«I think my male ego kind of prevented me from accepting that.

It has been reported that Eurycoma longifolia Jack commonly known as Tongkat Ali has gained notoriety as a symbol of man's ego and strength by the Malaysian men because it increases male virility and sexual prowess during sexual activities.

It has been reported that Eurycoma longifolia Jack commonly known as Tongkat Ali has gained notoreity as a symbol of man's ego and strength by the Malaysian men because it increases male virility and sexual prowess during sexual activities.

The male ego also does not want to be rejected by sending hundreds of outbound emails to women each week.

I know that many of these women connect with multiple males at once because it boosts their ego.

May be the rich woman does it unintentionally but economic help and support offered by a female hurts the ego of the male after a point.

The combination of unbridled, youthful feminine sexual energy and male ego proves to be lethal.

Despite the film's flaws and missteps, there's a low - key charm and sincerity at play in Cronies, as well as a sly recognition of fragile male egos and the way bravado can mask sexual anxiety.

Granted, Lady Bird wasn't a biopic or featured Meryl Streep, but it was the kind of harmless to male voters» egos that deserved more love.

Wendy makes many times more than Chuck, and she does so by masterfully manipulating the egos of Axe's (mostly male) traders.

Though probing male ego and the addictive qualities of living an «all in» life, the movie is a forge that holds Chastain's fire — she gets the lines, she gets the moments, she gets the beats that could have easily been Pacino's in the»80s.

Matthew Libatique's camera, hovering close to Lawrence's brow like an angel of sympathy, helps us into her emotions, but just as powerfully Aronofsky weaves in a savage indictment of «artistic» male ego and entitlement that makes his climax feel self - critical.

The likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Felicity Jones and Alicia Vikander all stem from here — young, beautiful, white women seemingly plucked from obscurity and groomed for future stardom, trailed by a flurry of fashion press, the pick of the hottest scripts, and effusive ego - massaging courtesy of a high - profile male producer.

, a far more chaotic study of a young woman put through the psychological wringer by the male creative ego.

The «women of your life» conceit is an easy crutch to rest on for films that ostensibly deal with the male ego, but, again Eden defies expectations.

Paul Thomas Anderson reteams with his «There Will Be Blood» star Daniel Day - Lewis (in what is reportedly the actor's final role) for another strange tone poem, this focusing on the ego of the male creative genius, the inscrutability of relationships and the power dynamics that emerge between couples.

A Kafka-esque mindbender about identity, self and the conflict of the male id and ego, Gyllenhaal — like Eisenberg in «The Double» — pulls double duty as the two leads.

But more importantly — male ego is spared and you leave the theater with that familiar sticky afterglow of love.

The rest of the time, women either exist to prop up their male counterparts» egos by sending them naked photos (except if they're old, gross lol), or to destroy them by cuckolding them.

The movie traces his career through the aforementioned shows, his alter ego Tony Clifton, his foray into male / female professional wrestling where he meets Lynne Marguiles (Courtney Love, The People vs. Larry Flynt, 200 Cigarettes), and his concert at Carnegie Hall, all the way to his death of a rare type of lung cancer, which people thought was a hoax (Kaufman did not smoke).

Love the styling looking man purses... yikes sorry murse... think of it as a small briefcase in case your Canadian male ego is getting tangled up with the word purse.

Then, of course, there is the macho factor: big dogs appeal to the male ego in ways that even the snappiest armpit piranha never could.

But the presence of a woman inhabiting the role of protagonist, even if well developed, doesn't do anything to negate the fact that non-playable sex objects are still specifically coded to pander to a presumed heterosexual male ego.

She drops nude women, like a proper Victorian, into gestural abstraction, but not the raunchy intensity of Willem de Kooning classics, much less of Jean - Michel Basquiat's male ego.

On one hand Jones looks to Buddhist practices and meditation as a source of energy in the creation of his work yet everywhere we look we see Wolverine masks and Black Flag logos (originally designed by Raymond Pettibon in the late 70's) which conjure a kind of brash male ego enterprise (the rocker, the comic book character) The use of these two archetypal symbols feel earnest.

Indeed, her technique is so refined that it is impossible to identify the brushstrokes or painterly marks that have often been regarded, in various movements and moments over the past 60 years, as the last romantic gasp of the artist's self — such as in abstract expressionism, for instance, where the gesture was seen as a revelation of ego (usually a male ego).

Martin had no shortage of hurdles to mount and personal demons to overcome, but she nonetheless pursued the legendary art dealer Betty Parsons — who represented Rothko — early in her career and forged a path in the male - dominated, ego - heavy world of mid-century American abstraction.

In Leland's own words: «With these images my intention is to capture both the male and the alter ego female side of these subjects in one image in order to explore the cross over between males and females and to break down the physical barriers that separate them.

Painting's last gasp in Neo-Expressionism only marginalized women that much more, the story concludes, in the face of big gestures and equally large male egos.

They're just being males with egos getting in the way of helping one another.

Clearly there are a range of issues at play and this represents a bigger organizational culture of overall mismanagement and ego - driven (male) leadership at many levels.

Rather than address individual personality traits that impact a relationship, it makes up outrageously inaccurate archetypes of women and men in order to validate the author's own ego and distorted self - perception as a male.

Gill, London «The first couple of years of marriage, I couldn't talk to my husband because he used to get so hurt... his male ego — I couldn't suggest anything.»

The consequence of this is that the boy takes on the male gender role, and adopts an ego ideal and values that become the superego.