Such a statement runs into the fallacy of non-falsifiability unless an example could be given of non-toxic masculinity to compare against. Otherwise, there would simply be masculinity.
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Maybe to them it is just masculinity. They just like referring to it as toxic?
That’s what I’m saying though: if all masculinity is toxic, then there is no such thing as “toxic masculinity”. The modifiers implies the existence of an opposite. Otherwise, it’s a meaningless adjective.
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Lol I understand exactly what you’re saying.
I idolized my big sister when I was little. I also had a lot of her pink and purple handme downs when little. There are pictures of 3 yr old me playing dressup in a pink tutu, and I rode my sister’s old pink bike to school untill I outgrew it in 3rd grade.
I don’t see the issue with it. I was a little kid. You make a habit of judging the clothing/color/life choices of little kids? Lol. Little kids want to do a ton of stupid shit… Good parents allow some of the safe-stupid to happen for learning opportunities, but also cause parenting a small kid is tiring and you gotta pick your battles
My son wanted to wear his woody (toy story) pajama shirt to school yesterday. He has a sensory processing disorder. Guess what he wore to school…that’s no hill to die on…
Sorry when you said parenting a small child is hard that’s the first thing I thought of. The last year with this little dude has been rough.
oh man… sure do relate. lol
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Long hair is one thing, but combined with girls’ clothes it’s a different situation.
Not really, more like the western world is just going straight downhill right now. This stuff is not happening in the rest of the world.
Why should men cry publicly? Unless someone close to you died or your house burned down or something like that then crying just makes you look emotionally weak. Please explain why you think I’m wrong.
I don’t see how you could call it a “habit”, it’s rare that I see anything of that sort. If I was your father I would have told you to stop that nonsense and bought you a boys’ bike.
Those are the most accurately true words I’ve read all day.
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Define this.
People who can’t deadlift as much as I can or beat people up very well.
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Define “define”.
I’ve always been very good at beating people up, but my deadlift is anemic to say the least.
That don’t make me gay, does it?
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Nope, just emotionally weak. You’re basically a carbon copy of Larry Wheels, if the allegations about him are true.
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I heard he’s sexy as fuck in suspenders and glasses. Putts down the pipe like he’s drilling for shale too.
I’ll take that over emotional resilience any day.
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Since you’re being intentionally obtuse I’ll ask this: what is your exact interpretation of the phrase “emotionally weak”?
Alternatively, since you regularly express a level of general ignorance any grown man should be ashamed of, here’s Merriam-Webster: “Define definition is - to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of”.
If that’s what you have to say then why do you want my interpretation or definition? Are you more ignorant than you believe me to be or do you only use dictionaries when it suits you?
Perhaps that was an overly harsh post.
As most folks tend to do.
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Who are these people using dictionaries when it doesn’t suit them?
Have I been using it wrong this whole time?
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So why does it not suit you to look up the definition of “emotionally weak” rather than behave like an asshole and start an argument?
Don’t worry, I’m sure you can find a shoulder to cry on around here.