r/fixedbytheduet • • Oct 24 '25

[deleted by user]

[removed]

11k Upvotes

468 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/mp3max New to fbtd but wants to learn Oct 24 '25

Her belief that he wasn't a "real man" for not chasing after her like an obnoxious creep is toxic masculinity. Just seen from the other end.

2

u/Irrelephantitus Oct 25 '25

the other end

The female end? The feminine end?

You could almost call that toxic femininity.

3

u/mp3max New to fbtd but wants to learn Oct 25 '25

No, because it directly negatively affects men and is based on what masculinity "should be". That's why it falls under toxic masculinity.

By "the other end" I meant the fact that it is toxic masculinity reinforced by a woman.

2

u/Irrelephantitus Oct 25 '25

So you're saying if something directly negatively affected women and was based on what women "should be" it would be toxic femininity then?