[quote=@Nytem4re] 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. [/quote] There are those sorts of people who get the concept of patriarchy confused; they talk about in a way that accidentally turns it into an entity rather than a cultural idea, so that the 'Patriarchy' is used the same way somebody might use 'Illuminati'. Yes. Those people are wrong. But the fact that there are nutjobs on the fringe doesn't detract from the legitimate arguments they are getting confused. In the same way Christians shouldn't be summed up by Westboro Baptist Church, and Muslims shouldn't be summed up by ISIS, Feminists and Progressives shouldn't be summed up by sixteen year old shut-ins on tumblr. Like, you want to avoid doing that thing where people hear a word and flip out irrationally. Don't froth at the mouth when you hear "Feminist", or else you'll end up the equivalent of one of those Atheists who froth at the mouth when they hear "God", or one of those sixty one year old shut-ins on the Yahoo News comment section that froth at the mouth at "Obama".