- The belief that men are biologically inclined to be more aggressive and oppressive is false.
- Men do not need to repress a instinct to be aggressive because it doesn’t exist.
- They are taught from an early age to repress all emotions except for anger which leads to violent outbursts.
- Toxic masculinity upholds this repression leading to many
men not knowing how to communicate clearly and to associate women with
emotions they deem “inferior”.we been know
“Toxic masculinity is learned behavior and the teaching of it is systematic and unhealthy.”
In other news, water is wet.
Above comments discourage people from bothering to do these studies which are used to prove these points that, while obvious to many of us, are missed by lots of ignorant people. It’s necessary to be able to point at research to say “yes this is fact” when educating people. Please don’t dismiss the importance of research like this
Men being “naturally violent” or “biologically oppressive” is a very common anti-feminist talking point. Research like this is important even if it seems obvious because sadly, this is not obvious to everyone. As someone who grew up in the church and other conservative circles, I was taught that men’s negative socialized nature was hard biological fact.
This data is important & doesn’t deserve to be dismissed.
Good news, fellow men: our terrible behavior isn’t biological
Rockets in the sky 