No, This Study Did Not Show That 10% of Men Are “Toxic”

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2026-01-20 02:47

Article here. Excerpt:

'A recent paper in Psychology of Men & Masculinities has been circulating with a striking implication: that roughly 10% of men fall into “toxic” categories, divided into what the authors call Benevolent Toxics and Hostile Toxics.

The study’s authors are careful in places. They repeatedly note that most men are not toxic. They criticize the careless way the term “toxic masculinity” is often used. On the surface, this looks like a responsible corrective to cultural excess.

But when you look closely at how they arrived at that 10% figure, something doesn’t add up.'

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