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So would it be okay if I said that femininity is not toxic, just specific feminine behaviors and then went out to try to eliminate those behaviors in women?
by insickness 5y ago
So would it be okay if I said that femininity is not toxic, just specific feminine behaviors and then went out to try to eliminate those behaviors in women?
- fallingfrog 5y agoWell, these behaviors are because of history and culture and circumstance, mostly exhibited by men. But, you sometimes do see women behaving that way too. It’s just basically what you might call “antisocial macho bullshit”. But I don’t think there’s anything biological about men that makes them act badly, and I get your point that it wouldn’t fair or helpful or accurate to tell men that being a man is bad somehow. It might be the case that in the future we could start calling it just “toxic antisocial behavior” or something, and it might be a positive change to start calling it that way. It just happens to be usually men that act that way, here and now. Based on what the article said the people acting this way are mostly young, maybe without a lot people they can lean on, frustrated and lonely. You want to keep those people from hurting anyone but you also want to help them become more confident happy people which is going to make a big difference. Just calling them “toxic” isn’t going to help anyone. So I guess, I see where you’re coming from there.