Toxic Femininity: suppression of anything masculine, elevation of vulnerable emotions, female domination over men and female led violence.

Beefcakechallenge100 · 2017-10-24T20:04:08+00:00

The entire concept of toxic masculinity as it's defined is wrong in that it's built on this idea that men are just defective women and the fact that we process our emotional state differently than women do is a defect.

Whenever you point this out, you're usually met with some variation on the argument that conventionally masculine methods of handling emotion don't work for all men, which may be true but then begs the obvious question why we don't hear about how toxic femininity would therefore be because it doesn't work for all women.

One way or another it's a made-up term for a made-up problem. The only thing "toxic" in the world of masculinity today is how we demand masculinity from our men one moment and attack them for it the next.

aesopstortoise · 2017-10-24T20:00:47+00:00

The problem with discussing phrases such as this, is that they are inherently manipulative. It isn't like discussing a factual issue, 'toxic masculinity' is a judgement, so anyone using the phrase perjoratively has already made their mind up. I don't want to take up the dishonest weapon that feminists use to beat men over the head with, I would rather discard it and discuss real issues.

Title	Toxic Femininity: suppression of anything masculine, elevation of vulnerable emotions, female domination over men and female led violence.
Author	Beefcakechallenge100
Upvotes	7
Comments	7
Date	October 24, 2017 6:49 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/78hvsg/toxic_femininity_suppression_of_anything/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/toxic-femininity-suppression-of-anything-masculine.912440 https://theredarchive.com/post/912440

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