the problem with moral 'toxicity' is that it's a nonsensical model of human behavior in comparison to the much better anthropological evidence that traits like male propensity to violence are deeply engrained features of human societies
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we know that they are deeply engrained because they are cross-cultural, and cross-ephocal -- it's an amusing irony that the toxicity model appears in a time and place where these traits are most suppressed
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Replying to @nmgrm
toxicity isn't a moral term. it's an epidemiological one.
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade
it's just a kind of medicalized sin, but sin it is
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Replying to @nmgrm
well, sin is contagious too (and anyone developing a good weapon will pay attention to that)
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade
i don't know what you mean, we're talking models for behavior which are empirically measurable - do they correspond to reality? to what degree? what can they predict and explain?
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Replying to @nmgrm
I suppose a good model of a masculinity would include its ability to ignite more of itself, hence the toxicity.
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you're mixing your metaphors and brutalizing the meaning of them. toxin != contagion.
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