[quote=@Vilageidiotx] I think you misinterpreted what you quoted. Like, nothing you said flowed from the definition you provided. It seems they are saying that 'toxic masculinity' describes men feeling socially pressured to behave in a way that is accepted as masculine even if doing so is destructive to them. They aren't saying that men are innately violent, but rather the opposite, that men are being pressured into behaving that way despite their instincts. Knowing the way teenage boys work because I was one once, I think there is some validity to that. I don't know if it is relevant to this case or not, but the concept as a whole isn't crazy unreasonable. You just have to avoid the reactionary knee-jerk when you read about it. They aren't blaming you, relax, they are just hypothesizing how social constructs related to gender might have an effect on a case like this. [/quote] The only problem I have with toxic masculinity as they present it is that they claim it is the work of the patriarchy. Actually, both males and females contribute to male stereotypes, not just males, which is not what they claim it to be (patriarchy) Another problem I have with this concept is that it is most commonly used by radical feminists to blame men for pretty much everything they have an issue with. And yes, they have used this term in order to fit their agenda that only males are capable of such violent acts as these. It's something that is actually a decent theory, but is misused dreadfully and blame is disproportionately placed in general on males, as if everything wrong in the world is because of us solely.