Around since the 1980s, the concept of “toxic masculinity” only gained any traction the last few years as the denigration of anything male became hip in pop culture. Toxic masculinity is the idea that raw manliness or man in his natural state is dangerous to society or simply toxic. The term “masculinity” used here is confusing or probably misplaced. An uncivilized man without the constraints of morality indulging his primal instincts is certainly prone to hedonism which can lead to bad behavior by misusing intrinsic aggression and natural strength.
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