Masculinity is to do with violence and sexual abuse? Its not just something more associated with men?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Friedmanzone
No, there's v gd evidence 2 suggest men far more prone to violence (again, talking abt a significant *minority*)
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Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose
Trouble is, there's also good evidence, many places, that young black males, say, are esp. violent. But I'm ...
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... guessing you wdnt want to associate such violence with their race? (To be clear: neither would I!)
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Replying to @Friedmanzone @HPluckrose
I wldnt. But every piece of evidence we hv thro all of history suggests a diff in the rate at which men 1/2
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Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose
Right. But the objection I have is associating particular failing with an aspect of a person that they never chose.
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Replying to @Friedmanzone @HPluckrose
Toxic behaviour is sthing u can choose. This is v rarely applied 2 individs. It's a term from academic sociology
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Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose
Sorry - I've no problem with calling someone's behaviour "toxic". Adding "masculinity" doesn't add anything helpful.
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Replying to @Friedmanzone @HPluckrose
2/2 educational needs when it comes 2 fostering gd behaviour.
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Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose
But I don't see how "toxic masc./fem." is anything other than a pathologization of sex/gender. That's the problem.
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Yes, thank you, Charles. That's what seems so unhealthy.
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