Toxic masculinity

A recent definition of toxic masculinity with no reference to stoicism.

Toxic masculinity is a term used by feminists in order to account for the problems allegedly caused by men. Sometimes it is used to describe violence and sexual crimes towards others enacted by men. This discounts the violence, particularly domestic violence and sexual violence, which is just as likely if not more so to be enacted by women. Other times it is used to refer to the tendency of men to avoid acknowledging their emotions. Though this idea is certainly more factually grounded than the other one, it neglects to take into account the biological tendency of men to express their emotions through actions rather than discussions, as well as the fact that gendered male behaviors are often more encouraged by women than other men. Some sources even conflate the two clearly unrelated phenomena.

In general, the term toxic masculinity is deliberately incendiary and intended to shut down rather than facilitate discussion. The people who came up with that term were not interested in helping men and boys.

The term toxic masculinity itself is toxic.

Since 2020 feminists have been increasingly turning to weak definitions rather than being evasive with definitions as they would have done before.

Some feminists now assert that women can exhibit toxic masculinity too.

Michael Flood avoids the use of the term when speaking with the community. Misandry is the hatred of, pathological aversion to, or prejudice against men. The first recorded use of the term dates from the 19th century. At the present time misandry is widespread in Western society but may be in decline.

These days it seems you don't need to look far to see negativity focused at men. What is often known as casual misandry permeates western civilisation where many men and women commonly make negative statements about men without apparently regarding this as a problem or being challenged by anyone else present. This problem has steadily deteriorated and we have now reached the point that books with titles such as Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide and The End of Men can be published without significant objection from the wider community.

Negative and inaccurate portrayals of men and boys have permeated mainstream media and online knowledge repositories such as Wikipedia, where the bias is particularly evident. Wikipedia editors routinely write negative commentaries about men and Wikipedia admins protect those commentaries while censoring counter-narratives that might show less biased, more accurate information. This practice is reinforced by feminist editing gangs who congregate in regular 'edit-a-thons' with the sole purpose of increasing feminist ideology within Wikipedia articles, and to censor male-positive discourse and research on men. In a nutshell those in control of Wikipedia have succeeded in deplatforming much reliable information about men and boys.

This site encourages publication of factual information about men and women and the cultural contexts in which they meet. It aims to be the keeper of rational and evidence-based conclusions, while rejecting popular forms of gender bigotry.

Due to licence compatibility articles may be imported from Wikipedia with appropriate attribution. These articles can then be corrected for woke bias and other problems. Generally only selected sections of articles are imported from Wikipedia as many Wikipedia articles are now so long that they obscure important information.

Wiki4Men rejects gynocentric and misandric narratives.