• Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 days 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.

    • emmy67@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

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

      • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 days 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.

        • emmy67@lemmy.world
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          6 hours 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

          • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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            3 hours 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.