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Topic subjectToxic masculinity as a subject is a red herring
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13324519, Toxic masculinity as a subject is a red herring
Posted by Atillah Moor, Thu Apr-04-19 02:53 PM
To distract from the real issue of emotional health and human behavior as it relates to attachment

Both men and women in America are trending towards toxic behavior

To suggest there are toxic forms of either masculinity or femininity is insincere as those are attractive qualities in their respective genders. I'd argue that an attractive quality can't at the same time be unattractive

All of America is suffering from broken famalies and emotional insecurity. When parents aren't able to provide security and comfort for their children (with the first two years of life being the most important) it generally results in adults who have severe issues with managing anxiety and forming healthy relationships

Having a traumatic experience as a newborn in the form of abusive or absent parents, losing parents, or anything that would keep a child from getting the care it needs like separating a family of enslaved Africans for example exacerbates the difficulties an adult will face in soothing their own emotional state with behaviors such as theft, murder, and other forms of destructive or anti social behavior

As we know America has been proactively destroying black men, women, and children at a high rate. The destruction of that family unit and others results in outcomes like this. That's why the frame is Toxic Masculinity as opposed to the Nation's role in all of this