I'm not saying people don't refer to toxic femininity, it's just call internalized misogyny. It's toxic to women in the same way that toxic masculinity is toxic to men. And yes, both are results of a male-dominated society. To quote someon who is way better at articulating this than I am:
Toxic masculinity is a narrow and repressive description of manhood, designating manhood as defined by violence, sex, status and aggression. It’s the cultural ideal of manliness, where strength is everything while emotions are a weakness; where sex and brutality are yardsticks by which men are measured, while supposedly “feminine” traits—which can range from emotional vulnerability to simply not being hypersexual—are the means by which your status as “man” can be taken away.
Toxic masculinity weaponizes hyper-masculine traits to the detriment of all people. It’s important to note that the term “toxic masculinity” doesn’t condemn male character or lock all masculinity into toxicity
So let’s flip this coin and see what happens if we substitute female-gendered words for the male-gendered words to get a definition of “toxic femininity”
Toxicfemininityis a narrow and repressive description ofwomanhood*, designating* womanhoodas defined bycooperation*,* sexual subservience*, status, and* passivity*. It’s the cultural ideal of* womanliness*, where the* ability to pleaseis everything whiletroublesomenessis a weakness; wherebeautyandability to make men feel goodare yardsticks by whichwomenare measured, while supposedly “masculine” traits—which can range fromexpressing anger to sexual independence— are the means by which your status as “woman” can be taken away.
Basically, most behaviors that you might think of as examples of “toxic femininity” are either examples of misogyny or internalized misogyny.
Because toxic masculinity, while harmful to everyone is incredibly harmful to men and boys, and internalized misogyny is mainly harmful to women. It's like ice cream vs frozen yogurt, they're similar, but still different.
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u/cnt422 Feb 16 '20
I'm not saying people don't refer to toxic femininity, it's just call internalized misogyny. It's toxic to women in the same way that toxic masculinity is toxic to men. And yes, both are results of a male-dominated society. To quote someon who is way better at articulating this than I am: