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Wren@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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emmy67@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That may be. I’m just suggesting pseudo masculinity is worse because it’s already confused.

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- Wren@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
  
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  - emmy67@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Hey, sure. I’m not arguing for the term toxic masculinity. I’m arguing against pseudo masculinity because it’s way more confusing.
    
    It’s probably better to find another term entirely
    
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    Wren@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I understood pseudo masculinity without the explanation. I haven’t seen any evidence yet that the term has been confused.
    
    But any term for a gender issue is going to be misconstrued and confused, just look at the term feminism.
    
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