toxic masculinity

[ tok-sik mas-kyuh-lin-i-tee ]

noun
  1. a cultural concept of manliness that glorifies stoicism, strength, virility, and dominance, and that is socially maladaptive or harmful to mental health: Men and women both suffer when toxic masculinity perpetuates expectations that are restrictive and traumatizing.

Origin of toxic masculinity

1
First recorded in 1985–90

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