Ever since Bruce Lee’s movie “Enter The Dragon” was released posthumously all over the world, the meaning of hegemonic masculinity shifted due to the martial artist’s influence. Bruce Lee’s last movie was released in 1973, it was the movie that brought Bruce Lee’s name and talent throughout the world. The view on hegemonic masculinity slightly shifted from just being physically muscular. Bruce Lee was the image of masculinity. He did not exactly fit into the category of being a hegemonic male, he was not large in muscle mass nor was he very tall among other people. However, in his movies he was able to beat up numerous people all because of his skills and ability in martial arts. People idolized him and wanted to learn martial arts, men who wanted to be hegemonic had to learn how to use martial arts, not just work out and gain muscle.

His final movie, “Enter The Dragon”, topped American charts and was famous among other races besides white people. Bruce Lee not only encouraged martial arts and influence hegemonic males to learn martial arts, he also strengthened and reinforced the idea that hegemonic males was a do-er. In his films Bruce Lee did act and have dialogue, but the focus of the films was the action and the fighting scenes that took place. The majority of fights made a point on how men solve problems with their fist, which not only worked but also seemed to be the best way to solve problems.

Due to the influence of his movies the idea that if a man can’t fight or defend himself, they are not considered to be masculine. Even I personally have this ideology printed in my brain. The reason why being able to fight or defend oneself is important in being seen as masculine is because when a person is beaten by another they are labeled the loser. Someone who is labeled a loser from a fight will be seen as the physically weaker person. Hegemonic males are never seen as a weaker person.