A trauma-informed analysis of the “performative male” through Lily Allen’s West End Girls, Vice’s critique, Vogue’s viral take on boyfriends, and how fragile masculinity, attachment wounds, and shifting gender dynamics affect modern relationships. Learn how these patterns show up in couples therapy and how to heal them.

There’s a new kind of hot guy this summer—and he’s not just shirtless at the beach. He’s in therapy, drinking an iced oat latte, saying things like, “I’ve been working on my attachment style.”