It's interesting how terms like toxic masculinity lead to instant downvotes from a certain type of person but if you make the exact same comment without it you get zero downvotes.

It's almost like people have been conditioned to be reflexively averse to specific words without actually understanding what they mean.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

It's just a poor term overall. To a lot of people it sounds like masculinity itself was toxic and bad, instead of pointing to a toxic form of it.

Should just have a better, less confusing word for it.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Toxic masculinity was a term coined by men wanting to be free from the expectations of the patriarchy. It's beyond heart breaking that so many men parodoxically react with anger to this phrase. Double so while bemoaning the lack of mental health options for men.

My good dudes, you're literally building the cages for yourself.