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Toxic Masculinity

The document discusses toxic masculinity and how it can harm both men and women. Toxic masculinity involves pressure on men to act tough and not show emotion or vulnerability, and prevents men from seeking help. It contributes to sexism and gender disparities by how women are treated, and also negatively impacts men's relationships, physical and emotional well-being, and mental health by imposing narrow stereotypes of appropriate male behavior.

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Toxic Masculinity

The document discusses toxic masculinity and how it can harm both men and women. Toxic masculinity involves pressure on men to act tough and not show emotion or vulnerability, and prevents men from seeking help. It contributes to sexism and gender disparities by how women are treated, and also negatively impacts men's relationships, physical and emotional well-being, and mental health by imposing narrow stereotypes of appropriate male behavior.

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Chit Oo May

Mr Nikolas Tun
Nov. 23. 2022

What is toxic masculinity? toxic masculinity, requires much more than just acting like a male.
However, it involves the heavy pressure some males might face to commit harmful actions.
Unhealthy behavior is elevated by toxic masculinity. The idea that men should treat their bodies
like machines by neglecting sleep, exercising despite being injured, and forcing themselves
towards the limit is

In addition to making men push themselves physically to the limit, toxic masculinity prevents
men from seeking medical assistance. Researchers have shown that more masculine men are
less likely to engage in "helpful behavior." That indicates that they are not likely to intervene to
prevent harassment or assault when they see it happening. Men who associated more strongly
with masculine characteristics, for instance, were less inclined to intervene in cases of sexual
assault. According to the research, males still wouldn't step in to solve a problem if they
believed that their actions may damage their reputation as being typically masculine. In other
words: Teaching guys that they can't freely display emotion, that they are expected to be "tough
all the time," that anything other than that makes them "feminine" or weak, can end up in toxic
masculinity. The responsibilities, actions, and characteristics that are considered suitable for
boys and men in a certain society are referred to as "masculinity." In a brief, masculinity refers
to what people demand of men in society.

Boys and males are expected to be tough, active, aggressive, brave, daring, heterosexual,
emotionally unconcerned, and domineering in many societies. Peers, the media, socialization,
and a wide range of other factors all contribute to something like this. And it manifests itself in
the actions of a lot of youths and men.

For 2 purposes, this type of masculinity is considered as "toxic."

First of all, it harms women. It impacts patriarchal and sexist behaviors, such as how women are
treated violently or abusively. Thus, toxic masculinity plays a role in the gender disparities that
disadvantage women and favor men.

Secondly, harmful masculinity affects men and boys personally. Narrow stereotyped norms
impose restrictions on men's relationships with women, other men, and children in addition to
their physical and emotional well-being. An illustration of this is telling someone else who is
displaying emotion to "man up," or to mask that feeling. This figure illustrates how some
individuals consider emotion or vulnerability to be "unmanly."

The saying "boys will be boys" is another typical example. In contrast to educating young boys
about responsibility and taking full responsibility for their mistakes, this expression promotes
reckless, aggressive, or other negatively impacting behavior in them. When looking at the
incidence of violence, drug-related crimes, anti-social behavior, drug overdoses, and suicides,
the social effects of toxic masculinity are clear. Additionally, there is a strong link between toxic
masculinity as well as the lack of commitment in treatment.

Males are much less likely to seek treatment for mental health problems as a result of stigma
and societal constraints. Males may find it challenging to freely express themselves and their
emotional wellbeing due to unhealthy or toxic masculinity because it may be considered as a
sign of weakness or vulnerability.

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