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Is Sean Penn homophobic? Actor trolled for saying 'cowardly genes' make men wear skirts

Thanks to his controversial remarks in two of his recent interviews, Sean Penn ensued chaos on the Internet as he got dubbed as homophobic and sexist

Billy Porter, Kid Cudi and Harry Styles are probably the renowned public figures that have easily pulled off wearing skirts on different occasions making it seem normal for men to opt for feminine outfits. However, it looks like Hollywood’s renowned actor Sean Penn has an issue with men wearing skirts as he thinks that men were becoming more feminine.

Thanks to his controversial remarks in two of his recent interviews, Sean Penn caused chaos on the Internet as he got dubbed 'homophobic and sexist' after he blamed “cowardly genes” were making people surrender their jeans and opting for a skirt. Social media users reminded the actor that the won an Oscar for portraying the role of queer icon Harvey Milk in the movie ‘Milk’. The two-time Academy Award-winning actor doubled down on gender roles in a different interview while claiming that American culture had become “wildly feminized”. Actors Matt Damon and Chris Pratt too were dragged on the Internet earlier for their homophobic comments.
 
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Is Sean Penn homophobic?

In his interview with The i, Penn opened up about men getting wildly feminized saying, “I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminized. I don’t think that being a brute or having insensitivity or disrespect for women is anything to do with masculinity, or ever did”, adding, “But I don’t think that [in order] to be fair to women, we should become them.”
 
The 61-year-old actor also got bashed for his subsequent interview with The Independent where he stated, “There are a lot of, I think, cowardly genes that lead to people surrendering their jeans and putting on a skirt.” The award-winning star added, “I have these very strong women in my life who do not take masculinity as a sign of oppression toward them.” Penn had also made news in 2018 when he claimed that the “MeToo movement” divided men and women. He had dubbed the movement as suspicious” and salacious arguing it lacked nuance and was too black and white. Penn has also been involved in cases concerned with domestic abuse in the past.

 ‘Sean Penn won an Oscar for playing a gay civil rights icon’

Social media users dragged the actor brutally on the Internet as one of them stated, “I feel sorry for Sean Penn. He won an Oscar for playing one of the most iconic queer leaders in American history, and yet, even the preparation he did for that role failed to liberate him from the prison of his own gendered insecurity. Being Sean Penn is punishment in itself.” The next one posted, “Sean Penn, who won an Oscar for playing a gay civil rights icon, is out there being homophobic. When LGBTQ+ people express reluctance to straight actors playing queer roles, this is exactly the kind of s**t we're talking about.”
 
One equally furious individual tweeted, “Sean Penn needs to auction off his Academy Award he won for playing Gay Icon Harvey Milk and donate the money to an LGBTQ Charity. This is why some people get upset about always casting straight actors to play LGBTQ+ roles and they turn around and say homophobic things.” Whereas, the next one added, “Is there a mass movement of straight men wearing dresses and makeup all of the sudden? Does Sean Penn know something I don’t? Or is he just a f**king homophobic pig? I’d vote pig. Idc if he’s liberal or not, he’s a douche.”
 
Another shared, “Sean Penn recent filmography Budget / Box Office. The Gunman $40 million / $24 million. Ouch. The Professor and the Madman. 25 million / $6.2 million. Oof. Flag Day Unknown budget / 0.4 million. Yikes. So no, I'm not interested in his sexist, homophobic, transphobic takes.” Meanwhile, one said, “I wish Sean Penn just would have stayed in character as Jeff Spicoli for his entire life”, as another chimed in, “The guy who beats women has something to say about good genes and masculinity? Okay.” And, one user concluded, “As a reminder, Sean Penn has a history of alleged domestic abuse and also said the goal of the #MeToo movement was "to divide men and women."