What is toxic masculinity, and why is it even bad?

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2025-02-08 04:45

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'So, what’s is toxic masculinity and what's wrong with it?

Toxic masculinity isn’t just not talking about feelings with your bros—it’s a psychological trap that keeps men emotionally stunted, relationally dysfunctional, and, at its worst, self-destructive. But we can't talk about toxic masculinity without discussing why some people are so fixated on it as a concept.

From a young age, boys are told to "man up", which is just code for shut up about your feelings. This is repression in action. Bottled-up emotions don’t disappear; they resurface as rage, detachment, or self-destruction.

Rigid masculinity often starts with a cold, distant, or hyper-masculine father figure. To win approval, boys either imitate toughness or reject softness—either way, they inherit an emotional handicap that plays out in adulthood.'

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Toxic anything be it masculinity or femininity or whatever else is known by its outcomes. Bad things result from toxic ______. The problem perhaps most MRAs have w/ the idea is the toxic nature of certain takes on masculinity is singled out. Toxic other things like femininity are not generally examined. Plus the accusation is usu used in an effort to discredit or shut down a man whose opinion some feminist doesn't like. Personally this is why I don't take such accusations too seriously. No sooner was the concept propagated than it was weaponized vs. men who are anti-feminist.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2025-02-08 21:49