Wild new theory claims men hated Barney the Dinosaur because he 'offered up a different model for masculinity'

Barney the Dinosaur was hated by men due to the fact that helium 'offered up a antithetic exemplary for masculinity,' a bold caller mentation has claimed.

Created by Sheryl Leach, Barney & Friends primitively debuted successful 1992 and revolved astir the purple dinosaur and his radical of pals.

While helium was adored by children, the dinosaur was little fashionable among adults, and successful particular, men.

And now, Dr Emily Contois, a media studies prof astatine the University of Tulsa, has argued that the hatred for the elephantine purple quality is arguably somewhat down to masculine archetypes of the decade.  

She shared her mentation connected the Generation Barney podcast, hosted by Sabrina Herrera, who besides pointed retired that knowing wherefore big men didn't similar Barney reveals a batch astir sex and powerfulness successful our existent society.

Looking astatine the taste scenery of the 90s, Sabrina kicked disconnected the conception by noting however actors similar Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis were the pinnacle of manhood astatine the time.

Barney, connected the different hand, was the implicit antithesis.

'He [Barney] talked astir emotion and empathy, alternatively of being the beardown and soundless type,' she said. 

'He wasn't precisely what radical pictured erstwhile radical thought astir masculinity backmost then.' 

Emily argued that Barney offered up a antithetic exemplary for masculinity, adjacent arsenic a purple dinosaur and not a human. 

She explained: 'This connection astir love, astir empathy, astir looking aft others, these are emotions and societal practices and responsibilities that successful our civilization are understood arsenic feminine and feminizing.' 

'Barney could beryllium understood arsenic resisting that, pushing backmost against that, offering a antithetic exemplary of sexuality and sex and size each coming together,' she continued.

'And so, for immoderate of these men who reacted precise poorly to him, that could beryllium a portion of their reaction...

'A portion of that achromatic masculine benignant of acceptable of authorities is besides this unthinkable absorption to homosexuality.' 

Barney was a runaway deed that aired for 14 seasons betwixt 1992 and 2012.

Elsewhere successful the episode, Barney & Friends' main writer Stephen White said that his chap colleagues were not bogged down by the hatred from adults.

'We were excessively engaged making the amusement to interest that overmuch astir what assorted critics and trolls had to say,' helium said.

'And we besides knew the integrity of the task we were moving on, which was apical to bottom.

'The Barney assemblage that was making this amusement truly was similar a family.

'We each knew wherefore we were there: we each wanted to marque a amusement that was genuinely wholesome, truthful erstwhile we heard these criticisms, it made it easier to shingle off.'

In 2022, Peacock released the documentary bid I Love You, You Hate Me, which explored however Barney the beloved purple dinosaur became the taxable of hatred and hostility and led to a fashionable question called 'Barney bashing.'

Last February, Mattel, Inc. announced it volition beryllium relaunching the Barney franchise arsenic it unveiled their modernized caller mentation of the beloved Tyrannosaurus rex.