Sting has said that the decline of jobs where men use their hands and physicality may be behind traits associated with toxic masculinity. READ MORE: ‘Adolescence’ review: Stephen Graham’s terrifying warning about toxic masculinity The Wallsend-born singer is behind the The Last Ship theatre show , which was inspired by his working class background, and follows the final days of a shipyard as it closes down due to the deindustrialisation of the 1970s and ’80s. The musical debuted in Chicago in 2014 to mixed reviews, and later moved onto Broadway. It is now headed to London’s West End and set to open later this year. In a new interview with The Guardian , The Police singer discussed how the decline of manual jobs is having an effect on people – saying that it could be driving some of the toxic traits in modern masculinity. “I work with my hands every day as a musician, and I’m lucky,” he said. ‘It’s a rare thing for modern men to actually use their hands and use their strengths to do anything.…