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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Usually it is used by moms with the super energetic rough and tumble type boys who get dirty a lot and play sports a lot.  They assume everyone is like them.

We are not like them.  My son is socially anxious, quiet, timid, and non-athletic.  So are lots of boys.  To me, "boymom" is the mom equivalent of toxic masculinity.  [/quote]

So, super energetic rough and tumble boys who like sports are engaging in toxic masculinity?[/quote]

Of course some are.

- Locker room talk
- trash talk
- hazing
- cultural history of “jocks” bullying non-athletic kids

I can list many more toxic things that stem from the culture of male athletics.  
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Most aspects of male athletics are not negative. Some locker talk can be negative but mostly not. Same with “trash talk.”

I don’t know about a cultural history of jocks bullying non-athletes other than what’s in the movies but it’s rarely a thing now.

Hazing? It’s bad when it happens and it’s more rare now.

Taking the 5% of bad and applying it to the 95% of fine penalizes boys for nothing. [/quote]

Let me know when the chess club starts stuffing kids into lockers lol.

Also, look at how you framed this… “penalizes boys…” My son is not like that at all. Many girls are. Being an aggressive jerk is not gender specific. [/quote]

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