Centred Stage Limited

TOXIC MASCULINITY - I’d heard the saying before yet all I really knew about it was if it was mentioned in front of some men, they would get angry and defensive. When I finally did some research into what toxic masculinity really meant, my dating life and my childhood finally made sense. I grew up in a small town rife with it.
Toxic masculinity (T.M) affects small towns to such a degree that is very common for farmers to take their own lives. If we look at the statistics - Men are 3 to 4 times more likely to die by su***de, and rural su***des surpass urban su***des.

SO WHAT IS TOXIC MASCULINITY? Healthline describes common toxic masculine traits as:
☆ mental and physical toughness
☆ aggression
☆ stoicism, or not displaying emotion
☆ heterosexism, or discrimination against people who aren’t heterosexual
☆ self-sufficiency
☆ emotional insensitivity

Ancestral cycles of boys being forced to become macho men who must protect, provide & out masculine the other men in order to fit in with the tribe or be seen as their leader. Anger was the only acceptable emotion - anything else was weakness. These boys weren’t allowed to feel hurt, scared, or sad, so they became insensitive to other people’s emotions.

They’re not allowed to be seen wanting love, so the T.M is left with no other option but to dominate women, being vulnerable had been beaten out of him in childhood. So they become depressed and can’t go to the doctor because again, that is weakness.

It needs to be spoken about and more awareness created around it so our men can heal ♡

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