Ok this is a new one on me.

From the article “The term first appeared in the mid-2010s to describe a new kind of male star, not just willowy and tousle-haired like previous generations of pop icons, but overtly, almost confrontationally sensitive in his public persona.”

OK, these are the kind of guys who got beat up a lot where I grew up in rural Kentucky. Apparently Harry Styles in the poster child for this, and he is definitely soft.

No, I don’t think this will dominate, women will still go for strong men. But it certainly is a phenomenon, at least for the moment.

You can read about this in the article link below, ad nauseum.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/24/soft-boy-pop-culture-harry-styles-gender-politics-music-514168