re: What traits of toxic masculinity do you exhibit?

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The pervasive idea of male-female interactions as competition, not cooperation.

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The pervasive idea that men cannot truly understand women, and vice versa

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The expectation that Real Men are strong, and that showing emotion is incompatible with being strong.

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Relatedly, the idea that a Real Man cannot be a victim of abuse, or that talking about it is shameful.

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the expectation that Real Men are keenly interested in sex, want to have sex, and are ready to have sex most if not all times

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The idea that Real Men should be prepared to be violent, even when it is not called for.

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in real life it is widely expected that a man would abandon his pregnant girlfriend

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The myth that men are not interested in parenting, and are inherently unsuited to be single parents.

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the idea that there is a range of feminine interests and activities a Real Man would not hold

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