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Yes and: This is straight up misogyny. As I understand it, "toxic masculinity" is stuff that harms males, like telling boys that real men don't cry, which then
by specialist 5y ago
Yes and: This is straight up misogyny. As I understand it, "toxic masculinity" is stuff that harms males, like telling boys that real men don't cry, which then has all sorts of knock-on effects.
- jfengel 4y ago"Toxic masculinity" harms both men and women. It's most often pointed out in the way expected, common male behaviors harm women, such as cat-calling and ignoring women in meetings (among any others). But the things you talk about are also examples of toxic masculinity. It's anything that's forced on men specifically solely for being male, whether it benefits them or not. Often, even the things that might be advantages (like "men are big and strong and like to fight") will harm some if not all men. Not all masculinity is toxic, but there are many different ways to be a man. The toxicity comes in enforcing one specific stereotypical, outdated kind of masculinity.