• Wren@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Love the term “pseudo-masculinity.” It takes away from the gender slant of toxic masculinity, implies anyone can have it, and makes clear it’s not what masculinity should be.

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      2 days ago

      The people who are offended by “toxic masculinity” already use pseudo masculinity to describe everything not toxic masculinity.

      All yold I think pseudo masculinity can only be more confusing.

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        1 day ago

        I’d never heard it before and I understood the implication before they expanded on it. I’m a woman and a feminist who thinks the term toxic masculinity is unsuitable.

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          24 hours ago

          That may be. I’m just suggesting pseudo masculinity is worse because it’s already confused.

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            13 hours ago

            But so is toxic masculinity. It’s used to describe men being assholes because they’re men, and not because they just happen to be assholes, too.