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(CNN) — Oh Brad. So strong. So virile. So capable of wielding a sword in Troy, destroying zombies in World War Z, and seducing leading ladies with just the tilt of a cowboy hat in Thelma and Louise.
“He’s a real man’s man,” gushed fiancé and mother of his six-children, Angelia Jolie.
But that alone is not what makes him such an important role model for men today, says one of America’s most distinguished feminists and international affairs professors, Anne-Marie Slaughter.
It’s his ability to share breadwinning and caregiving with his partner. Which has a lot more to do with empowering women than you might think.
