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'past generations didn’t have a label for “toxic masculinity”' But they did. The "macho" trait was considered a negative feature of Latino culture by mainstrea
by dsr_ 3y ago
'past generations didn’t have a label for “toxic masculinity”'
But they did. The "macho" trait was considered a negative feature of Latino culture by mainstream Americans as early as the 1890s.
They didn't think the label applied to themselves, of course. Introspection is harder than labelling outsiders.
- anthk 3y agoMacho "traits" and the 50's "American Man" (pater familias) are almost the same. The Catholic and Protestant backgrounds are more alike than they would acknowledge. If you read Spanish magazines from the 20's and early 30's from Spain you would find a society pretty close to the American one, at least in urban places. The English Gentleman term can be mapped to the "Caballero" term almost by a ratio 1:1, except that "Caballero" can also mean "Sir" as in "excuse me, sir". The Anglosaxon society might have been more individualistic and the Hispanic one more group oriented, but once you chatted with individuals the traits faded out a lot. Since the French burgueois revolution from 1789 and the Industrial Revolution, the Western society has been nearly uniformized at urban places from Andalusia to Sweden. OFC in rural places the gap was bigger, but Feudalism lost and from that the influence from both Churchs.