## Metadata - Author:: [[wikipedia.org|Wikipedia]] - Full Title:: Toxic Masculinity - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity - Finished date:: [[2023-01-21]] ## Highlights - **Toxic masculinity** is a set of certain male behaviors associated with harm to society and men themselves ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gptf35h4fj0575wbp9cykd9p)) - Tags: [[Sin machirulos hay paraiso. una charla heterofriendly sobre management|Sin Machirulos Hay Paraiso]] - The concept was originally used by authors associated with the [mythopoetic men's movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythopoetic_men%27s_movement), such as Shepherd Bliss ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gptf4epgj5jg1b6tbsek702f)) - Note: Recall I read somewhere that it started meaning the opposite - According to [social learning theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_learning_theory), teaching boys to suppress vulnerable emotions, as in the saying "big boys don't cry", is a significant part of gender socialization in Western society.[[16|16]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity#cite_note-Levant_1996-16)[[17](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity#cite_note-Lindsey-17) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gptfbn77nwv6qfdm0tv89eak)) - new [American Psychological Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychological_Association) guidelines for warning about harms associated with "traditional masculinity ideology ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gptfdjp4d8jyt1gxkvcf32h9)) - positive traits traditionally associated with masculinity such as "courage, leadership, protectiveness".[[35|35]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_masculinity#cite_note-Dastagir2019-35) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gptfhe3y324e5qdmzxyt0bqw))