"I think it needs a woman's touch. I've always liked women more. I was bought up by my mother and older sister…My home life now is mostly women. They are better than us. They make me better."

Speaking of women, how does the star feel about all of the fan hype surrounding him? Especially those silly memes?

"It's our time as men to be on the receiving end of the stick," he replies when asked about being objectified in the media.

"When my mother and I walked to the grocery story, men would circle the block in cars. It was very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory; a hunt."

Gosling's full interview with the magazine is in this week's issue of the Standard.