Masculinity has become radioactive.
It’s one of the most polarizing forces in modern culture. Families fracture over it, politics feeds on it and entire online ecosystems monetize it. And no one seems to agree on what it is anymore.
Wholeheartedly agree. But toxic masculinity isn’t the only toxicity algorithmically dividing us. To varying degrees, I’m seeing toxic femininity (among women and liberals), toxic Zionism (among the Christian right) and toxic faux libertarianism / anti-tax (among the boomers.) There are probably more that I’m not thinking of.
I’m OK focusing first on the danger toxic masculinity poses. But we would be remiss if we ignored the others.
Yeah, I admittedly haven’t finished the entire interview. I need to finish my workday first, so I’m only halfway through but Terry mentions earlier on about the term “toxic masculinity” and how it’s too easily thrown around and how some men grab ahold of it and say “what’s the use of it? … I’m just a man and now I’m being blamed?”. I’m paraphrasing but what he’s saying loosely is defining the terms and problems and being clear so we don’t get misconstrued.
I see a lot of people say there’s no role models outside of the manosphere and I think Terry Crews is a good role model for sure. He’s not perfect and he shouldn’t be … he’s human, but I’ve admired the man and I love this conversation.
