People HAVE to stop equating the concept of "toxic masculinity" with "men and a whole, and not other genders." Toxic masculinity is a type of masculinity that society pushes on men to keep them in the "dominant" role of society, and is associated with strength and power ->
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I was disheartened that the convo then turned to, "I get attacked by this word or have seen it happen, we need a new term for this complex feminist theory." I don't want our language to ignore the real patriarchal issues we are fighting through gender neutralizing it.
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Yeah, like it might be good to make a term that is less likely to feel like an attack, but there is definitely utility in gendering it because different "toxic" traits are re-enforced for different genders.
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