It's all - for the most part - good-natured. But I do think there's now widespread idea that there's sthg ...
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... fundamentally problematic abt men/masulinity, etc. Just as, in 19th C, incl. for Freud, this was true for women.
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Replying to @Friedmanzone @HPluckrose
Actually, I think term was originally meant 2 differentiate. Hence toxic masculinity not just masculinity.
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Replying to @IonaItalia @Friedmanzone
Yes but same for women. This is good feminity & this is bad femininity. Squash down the bad.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Friedmanzone
since we're basically talking abt violence & rape here, squashing down is surely a gd thing?
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Replying to @IonaItalia @Friedmanzone
Yes but not by calling violence & rape 'masculinity.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Friedmanzone
I'm not. That's the kind of thing ppl r often writing abt when they say TOXIC masc, emphasis on toxic.
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You don't see a distinction between 'men are more violence prone' & 'violence is a form of masculinity.' 1/2
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Friedmanzone
of course. But that wasn't what we were debating.
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It was exactly what I was always talking abt. My reason for not liking use of the term.
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