• emmy67@lemmy.world
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    3 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.

    • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      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
        1·
        2 days ago

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

        • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          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
            1·
            11 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
              1·
              8 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.