The term 'toxic masculinity' leads boys to feel bad about being a man

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'One listener texted into the show to say that the phrase ‘toxic masculinity’ is a “truly horrible, nasty, anti-male term".

Mr Bidwell acknowledged that the use of the term can imply that all masculinity is toxic.

“A true, healthy male is really not toxic,” he said.

“He is a protector; he is someone who will provide huge value to this world.

“I think this is the part of the challenge we’ve got with kids growing up, young boys growing up, is that they’ve had this term brandished.

“They felt that masculinity is bad, or they’re being told masculinity is bad and they’re wondering what they’ve ever done to be labelled that way.”

Mr Bidwell said that while there are definitely masculine traits that “are being displayed in a very toxic way”, that we should be careful to brand all masculinity as toxic.'