Toxic Masculinity refers to harmful cultural standards that are placed on men, but most of the focus seems to be on how men contribute to it although women are just as responsible.

So, let's turn it around and take a look at the ways in which a significant portion of women harm men and enforce toxicity in them.

From the top of my head I can think of several socially-accepted ideas that are commonly promoted by women

  • if he's below 6'4" he's not a man, he's just a boy

By associating manliness with being tall and calling men that don't live up to that standard Not Real Men women make men feel like their worth is primarily based on their physical features and are a primary cause of bigorexia

  • Small/Big Dick Energy

By associating confidence with big dicks and narcissism with small dicks women enforce the idea that size matters and that men who lack in size are worthless.

By instinctively shouting at any man that drives a big truck that he must have a tiny weiner women make the men around them feel like most of their worth comes from their penis, which objectifies men.

  • Man-Flu and making fun of men if they share their feelings

By not allowing men to be vulnerable and by making fun of them if they show signs of sickness once every blue moon when they can't hide it anymore women cause men to act emotionally numb and teach them to swallow their emotions down with alcohol instead of solving them in a healthy way.

  • demanding protection

I usually solve problems by talking about them, but had several girlfriends in the past that demanded I beat up someone for checking them out too much to show that I care about them. This enforces aggression in men.

What do you think? What other ways can you think of?