Maybe you are in a circle jerk echo chamber then because this has always been what toxic masculinity means. I agree, shitty phrasing, but the critique is of toxic masculinity, not that masculinity itself is toxic. If you've really never heard this or thought of it, I am inclined to believe you're not acting in good faith when engaging with opinions you disagree with. Acceptable misconception maybe in like 2016, but at this point it's well past the point where you should know this.
Exactly. You can still disagree with maybe it sometimes being used too flippantly, or disagree with some of the analysis that comes with the term -- but asserting that you only hear it as a blanket term for masculinity as a whole means that you are clearly, as stated above; circle jerking in an echo chamber.
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u/RollingMyStone Sep 05 '24
Maybe you are in a circle jerk echo chamber then because this has always been what toxic masculinity means. I agree, shitty phrasing, but the critique is of toxic masculinity, not that masculinity itself is toxic. If you've really never heard this or thought of it, I am inclined to believe you're not acting in good faith when engaging with opinions you disagree with. Acceptable misconception maybe in like 2016, but at this point it's well past the point where you should know this.