This is going to be a weird perspective First of all, my understanding of "toxic masculinity" is that it's the results of raising men to not cry and show emotions as a kid, leading to the inability for these men to show emotions as an adult and stunted emotional maturity As a woman who grew up in a single family home, the environment in which I grew up in strongly discouraged me from voicing my wants and needs, resulting in a similar upbringing as "toxic masculinity" males. I'm wondering if this is a misnomer--it doesn't just apply to males, it might be just a symptom of upbringing
Toxic masculinity is just a fancy word for being an asshole. Anything deeper than that is nonsense
Yes, toxic masculinity is most certainly heavily influenced by the upbringing and it's not just the issue for just one gender. Understand that a lot of us have been raised with a lot of influence from our moms and their they have toxic masculine beliefs too. That being said, we cannot blame our upbringing and sit back and do no nothing. The fault may not be ours , but it's certainly our responsibility, all genders included.
I would say that brogramers is a myth. Literally didn’t see a single one over 10 years of my tech career. Discuss.
Raise your son well, then preach else gtfo
I'm not gonna have any children.
I think that's just raising stoic children. Don't see anything toxic about it. Always thought of toxic masculinity as the sort of idiot that challenges people to a fight as soon as there's a disagreement and always needs to have the last say or people to verbally acknowledge some masculine aspect of him.
So I'm a bit counter culture, I am teaching my kids to control their emotions. My youngest is apt to let his emotions run free which has ended in a bunch of fights and he violently reaches out. My oldest who has always had a decent handle on his emotions has started to over compensate from seeing how i am working with my youngest and has become stoic. When the oldest grows up ill be likely blamed for teaching toxic masculinity. When my youngest grows up, I'm just hoping to dear god he has some control over his emotions. And inb4 "oh you should talk to a psych/therapist" ffs people duh and we are. Regardless, I think a lot of this is over board, crying is a vulnerable moment and should be reserved for private times. Not for those around you, but for yourself. Anger shouldn't be put in public either, and especially violent anger should be held back and treated in a proper way.
Don't let your younger one play Nintendo games. They make people violent 😂
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This shit is getting tired
I don't think you understand what is meant by toxic masculinity
Can you help explain?
Who cares..people be people