Tommy Fury discusses masculine pressure due to social media on Loose Men show

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Tommy Fury admitted he feels pressure to keep up a masculine persona outside the boxing ring due to social media, speaking during the all-male takeover of Loose Women.The professional fighter, 24, discussed current attitudes on what it means to be “manly” on the special episode, dubbed Loose Men, alongside host Vernon Kay, musician and actor Martin Kemp and The Chase’s Paul Sinha.The panel also discussed fatherhood, erectile dysfunction, going commando and male grooming during the episode which coincides with Mental Health Awareness Week.Asked whether he feels there is pressure to be masculine in his day-to-day life, Fury said: “Yeah definitely.

Obviously, with what I do, it’s the most masculine (type sport) so you can’t be showing any form of weakness.“There is still a pressure because there’s that much influence out there with social media.“There’s all different types of what man you should be and I see people who aren’t boxers, who don’t do masculine things, they feel a pressure to do them things when they shouldn’t.”Kemp said he was glad he grew up during the 1980s when “everything went”.“I was going to the clubs seeing those New Romantic days when boys were kissing boys, girls were kissing girls, people cross-dressing, but everything went and it was completely fluid and it was really beautiful,” he recalled.“And I’m really pleased I grew up like that and I passed that vibe down to my kids.

I think as well nowadays, to me a masculine man is a man who is in touch with his feminine side.”Former doctor and comedian Sinha reflected on how he adopted a more masculine persona as he did not want to come out as gay initially.He said: “I could be as masculine or feminine as I liked as long as I became a doctor, that was the