If, as mountains of evidence suggest, there are innate psychological gender differences, you don't need to tell kids to act like a gender.
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I don't like destructive & abusive behaviour being termed 'hypermasculinity' or even 'pathological masculinity.' Is this masculinity?
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There are certainly anti-social behaviours associated more w men or more w women but I'd hesitate to say they're a form of gender itself.
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That might just be to do with my fear that being told one is too masculine or has a toxic masculinity is harmful & ignores actual problem.
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Which is always how behaviour is hurting other people whether its a nasty trait more men have or more women.
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I certainly agree boys &men shld not be made to feel they must talk abt feelings a lot to be healthy.Minds are personal as well as bodies
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Find it fascinating & extremely plausible that men wld respond better to 'improving mental fitness' than 'caring for mental health!'
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I think that depends on their model of manhood. Children need a positive male role model and then the ability to choose.
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@Operative_G Culture is huge, so are innate traits. I wldn't want passive-aggressive verbal abuse described as a form of feminity. -
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@Operative_G Not suggesting we deny that gender diffs exist in anti-social behaviour as well as general but not 2 title it a form of gender -
Then you're saying that there should be no ideal to live up to? I think it'll happen regardless.
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I'm saying I don't like negative traits described as 'masculinity' & 'femininity.' Nothing at all abt role models.
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1 of few instances of "PC Coddling" that i have sympathy 4. Idea men should "man up" corosive 4 men with mental health probs
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@CHSommers I agree too...but these phrases are so ingrained it is hard at times to stop them coming out.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CHSommers@TIME there's nothing wrong with letting them be those things, but demanding that they be.... noThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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