Cataluna wrote:Cappuccina wrote:
Feminism doesn't "fight for" anyone, not even women.
Ok then, what is non-toxic masculinity? How can there be either toxic or non-toxic masculinity if "gender is a social construct" and doesn't really exist?
Gender isn’t a social construct. Gender expression is. Toxic masculinity is the defensiveness men feel when confronted with the possibility of becoming “the other”. Examples of its manifestation include the use of “queer” as an insult, the taboo associated with male crossdressing, and the expectation for men to sleep around. There are men who do not express masculinity in a toxic way, but society pressures them to.
That's not toxic, it's masculinity. A man doesn't want to be associated with femininity, I wouldn't want to be associated with being manly myself.
I'll press this line of reasoning further then, what is gender? If gender expression is a construct, and hence fake, what is gender?