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Masculinity is a need for survival in difficult conditions. When going gets tough masculine characteristics will be the ones that can make you work through them

Masculinity is a need for survival in difficult conditions. When going gets tough masculine characteristics will be the ones that can make you work through them. I am always told about this toxic masculinity but no one ever clearly defined it. Always got some anecdotal answer to what they are trying to do. I think boys are to guided to becoming men, men who can be followed. Men like Gandhi, or king Jr, or Mandela. If not for their belief and masculinity they would not be revered so many people. Masculinity is not a vice, toxic or otherwise, it is a necessity for survival.

nils-m-holm 9y ago
> Masculinity is a need for survival in difficult conditions. Yes, but it is a problem in good conditions, because it takes precedence over traits like empathy, prudence, and thoughtfulness. Anecdote: I have been in professional settings where I saw a problem, but nobody would listen and my arguments were countered with aggression and ad-hominem. When the projects finally imploded, I was told I should have made my point more strongly. However, aggression and thoughtfulness are like the end-points of a slider: the more you have of one, the less you have of the other. If I had focused on being aggressive, I would not have had the resources to locate said problems. If competence and critical thinking actually had any value, we would have solved longevity and faster-than-light long ago, but we prefer to pound our chests like gorillas in suits.