“Toxic masculinity doesn’t just hurt women. It gives men a raw deal, too.” RunnersAlliance
. Carry pepper spray. Cover up, even when it’s hot out. Never listen to your music too loud. Have you seen those kitten-shaped keychains with the razor-sharp stabby spikes for ears? How about those stun guns with the cute floral patterns on them?
Toxic masculinity is what you get when a bottle of unpasteurized, full-fat maleness is left out on the counter to curdle. It’s what happens when traditional ideas of what it means to be a man—Strong! Violent! Powerful! Too tough to be bothered by pesky emotions!—are prioritized over pretty much everything else. It embraces violence and aggression as natural male traits, and smugly excuses these behaviors when they harm others .
Now, of course, simply being masculine is perfectly fine. Manliness alone doesn’t hurt anybody, and I personally delight in its adorable presence. You want to juggle multiple fantasy football league memberships? Go for it. You want to insist that you’re actually 5-foot-11, not 5-9? No judgment here. You want to drink beer? You chug that Coors Light, bro! But when all this man-stuff is the only stuff you measure yourself by, it can turn sour.
In a culture infected with toxic masculinity, women are more like furniture than people. Our presence is easy to ignore, until you need something. Our purpose is to comfort and please. And men feel they can treat the furniture however they like.
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