I’ve been knee deep in everything people flush down a toilet and more fixing a broke sewage lift station. I deal with human bodily fluids in my work all the tim

I’ve been knee deep in everything people flush down a toilet and more fixing a broke sewage lift station. I deal with human bodily fluids in my work all the time, as do many women in the same field (medical) Shit and piss and puke and pus. That doesn’t mean I’m a robot without feeling. Doing your job isn’t “toxically masculine”. Growing up I was raised in all the bullshit about not crying or never appearing “weak”. It turns out bottling all your emotions isn’t a super healthy thing. Even worse when you don’t gain the meaningful perspective of understanding the implications of them because you’re conditioned to pretend to ignore them. Men are emotional creatures whether some of them want to admit it or not because they’re human. Cleaning human shit for a living or part of your living doesn’t change that no matter who you are.