- The belief that men are biologically inclined to be more aggressive and oppressive is false.
- Men do not need to repress a instinct to be aggressive because it doesn’t exist.
- They are taught from an early age to repress all emotions except for anger which leads to violent outbursts.
- Toxic masculinity upholds this repression leading to many
men not knowing how to communicate clearly and to associate women with
emotions they deem “inferior”.Anecdotal proof of this: I was raised to repress all emotions except anger leading to violent outbursts and seriously struggle with identifying and communicating other emotions.
I am not a man. I am a cis woman.
Good news, fellow men: our terrible behavior isn’t biological