Affirming Masculinity Against Culture.
Almost everybody has either heard, been called, or accused of toxic masculinity. The deception lies at our understanding that being masculine is toxic. That's like training your cat to be more like your dog or teaching your dog, to be more like a cat. Basically that's what we are doing. It is not natural. In fact, our problem is a loss of true masculinity. The toxicity of it, is the consequence. We must first grasp that our understanding of the toxicity of masculinity is so wide, it could almost embrace all masculinity as toxic. However, I will make the point that, what you refer as toxic masculinity actually stems from feminine behavior. For example the men that hit women is a consequence of a man being effiminate, cause their actions are contrary to what true masculunity entails. For one, no man should feel so threatened by a woman that they retaliate with violence. This is acting out of emotion, devoid of reasoning. We need rational men, that control their emotions. More mas...