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The term is overused. Females have extremely toxic behavior as well. But the term toxic feminist is not used to label them. It’s nowhere near as extreme.
by threethirtytwo 10mo ago
The term is overused. Females have extremely toxic behavior as well. But the term toxic feminist is not used to label them. It’s nowhere near as extreme.
- dpkirchner 10mo agoThe world does not lack terms to describe any feminine behavior, toxic or otherwise, so I don't think this is a real problem.
- fc417fc802 10mo agoCan you use those terms in polite company though? It's strange. Clearly at some point society at large came to believe that the current crop of terms at the time was undesirable. Yet various modern analogues are treated differently.
- dpkirchner 10mo agoDepends on what you mean by polite company, I think. I'm sure there are a lot of conversations among men, who are polite to each other, talking about women being on their periods or hysterical or whatever. Is that no longer the norm? My friend group doesn't do it but given the rhetoric we've seen on HN and elsewhere "locker room talk" is still a thing.
- fc417fc802 10mo agoI don't think you'd need to be similarly selective about the phrase "toxic masculinity" at least on average. Hopefully you see the point I'm trying to make? Of course it's also possible that I live in a slightly different bubble than you do.