What exactly is toxic masculinity? And could the term's overuse have unintended consequences?

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'Parenting educator and author Maggie Dent agrees the term can be problematic.

"I believe we have toxic males, the same as we've got toxic females," she says. "I believe both genders deserve to be respected as individuals."

Yet she points out there has been a shift in the behaviour and attitudes of teenage boys in recent years.

"We absolutely know that today's tweens and teen boys, even as young as [nine or 10] … if they've got a phone or they've got access to devices and they're on certain social media, they are getting marinated in content that is the opposite to what anybody wants for their son," she says.

In the 40 years since she was a high school teacher, Ms Dent says teenage banter and teasing has taken an alarming turn.'