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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you believe that toxic masculinity is a real thing, what are your thoughts on how to address it? Besides raising boys better what can we do? How do you confront it when it presents itself in your life?[/quote]

It’s a ridiculous myth.[/quote]

This. Imagine the reverse "Toxic Femininity". That would cause all sorts of reeee.[/quote]

Toxic femininity exists TOO.[/quote]

I agree, and I think it's often related to toxic masculinity. For instance: toxic masculinity exists when we treat men like idiots who can't be expected to learn to clean up after themselves, or parent their own kids, or express empathy for someone who is upset. But then toxic femininity is when a woman is like "oh I do all the cleaning because my husband just has no idea, he's a man, I can't expect him to know how dust." Or "it's just easier for me to handle all the stuff with the kids, I have a nurturing gene, my DH just isn't built that way." And so on.

I also think it's toxic femininity when women weaponize their sexuality, or the sexual interest men might have in them, to get what they want. So a woman who has no genuine romantic interest in an old-but-rich man dressing in an overtly sexual way and then using her sexuality to capture his interest and get him to give her money and things, is engaging in toxic femininity. It's dysfunctional and no one would look at a relationship like that and think "yes, that is healthy relationship." You might think they deserve each other (and maybe they do) but it's not healthy or evolved behavior.[/quote]

But cisgender men really ARE useless! [/quote]

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