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History of Feminism

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)

8. Toxic masculinity is horrible.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 11:36 PM

Apr 2015

It is one of the things that I cannot stand, period. It's a culture of aggressiveness towards any other human being that does not give them what they feel entitled to, after having had it drilled into them time and time again. I've broken more than a few friendships because of it, and it's the reason my friends tend to be almost exclusively women. What terrifies me is how few men I have met that seem to understand this...