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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks everyone for chiming in. A thought that came to mind is, how do raise girls to interrupt toxic masculinity? [/quote]

I’m repeating what other PPs have said, but want to emphasize that brining girls into it is itself is promoting toxic masculinity. The idea that men aren’t responsible for their behavior and women should be the ones to fix it is at the root of the problem.

I’ve seen this in schools and in co-ed activities starting at an early age. Whether it’s in preschool, elementary, or middle school, male misbehavior that impacts females is made the girls’ problem. The girls are supposed to report it. The girls are supposed to “separate themselves”. The girls are supposed to asset themselves. The girls are supposed to engage in mediation or restorative justice. From the age of 2-3, boys are taught by others that girls and adults will bend over backwards to accommodate boys’ misbehavior and “social-emotional growth”. No wonder many develop a sense of impunity and privilege.[/quote]

This is completely untrue. Nothing about this post is accurate at all.[/quote]

Sorry that you find the reality of my experience so upsetting that you have to post a comment just to say it can’t possibly be true.

That’s one of the hurdles in addressing toxic masculinity and misogyny: people who are so uncomfortable with the fact that it exists and might exist within their gender or the gender of their child that they have to run around in loud denial.

A more constructive response would be: “wow, I’ve never experienced this and it’s opened my eyes to other people’s experience and made me rethink my narrow existence”. [/quote]

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