What are the top three traits you'd say are most defining of "toxic masculinity?" What about the top three for "toxic femininity"?
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1) my condition is 100% my fault
2) failure indicates worthlessness
3) people are tools to get me where i'm going
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1) my condition is 100% everyone else's fault
2) i need to make sure everyone knows i'm a good person
3) my flaws are human. yours make you worthless
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1. Sociopathy (lack of empathy)
2. Valuing strength/dominance over all else
3. Inability to express feelings
1. Excessive deference to social norms / collective
2. Passive aggression / gossip
3. Inability to put aside feelings
Mirrors of flaws, largely
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Toxic masculinity —- relentlessly pushing your way on others directly and not letting go
Toxic femininity - relentlessly pushing your way on other discreetly and not letting go
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both stem from (high ego + low empathy/open-mindedness).
Note: Toxic masculinity has obviously society privilege & leverage historically backing it, and is thus way more damaging than toxic femininity
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1. emotional suppression (both)
2. need to assert dominance
3. manipulative behavior (gaslighting etc)
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toxic masculinity:
1. doing drugs in public
2. flaming and griefing in league
3. race science
toxic femininity:
1. "like" "like" "ummmmm" "hahahhaha" "xoxoxoxoxo"
2. owning a pitbull
3. astrology
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For men,
1. Violence = strength.
2. Promiscuity = value.
3. People = possessions.
For women,
1. Belligerence = strength.
2. Virginity = value.
3. People = possessions.
Note the similarities.
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1)bullying
2)possessiveness
3)stubbornness
1)bullying
2)possessiveness
3)stubbornness
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toxic masculinity: youtube.com/watch?v=pj9Hzs and
youtube.com/watch?v=D3U55u
toxic femininity: blaming other people for everything instead of taking responsibility; feeling entitled to lots of things without earning them; excess of risk-aversion
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