> Are you saying there is a special, clearly defined sort of masculinity that is toxic, yet extricable from masculinity itself? I mean, whether or not the line

> Are you saying there is a special, clearly defined sort of masculinity that is toxic, yet extricable from masculinity itself? I mean, whether or not the lines can be cleanly drawn, there is quite obviously a divide. Think humble family man vs. aggressive jock. (Or, if you’re Christian, Jesus is a perfect example of non-toxic masculinity.) Unfortunately, we often seem to glorify the toxic kind in our media: warriors, gangsters, womanizers. Also, there are plenty of cultures around the world that do masculinity very differently than we in the West — and it has little to do with relative levels of testosterone. I think it’s also disingenuous to say that toxic masculinity poorly defined. It’s not a buzzword, but an entire subfield of sociology that has years of research behind it.