toxic masculinity: the discussion of the 21century

 masculinity refers to behaviors, attributes and roles associated with boys and men.
in the recent years, there has been a lot of discussion about masculinity and toxic masculinity specifically.

Gillette caused a media frenzy with their add targeting toxic masculinity and breaking gender norms.

masculinity is about anything it is about taking risks and offering protection to women, children, families and communities both in times of war and peace. For every destructive act by damaged males there are countless more protective acts.

 so that exactly is toxic masculinity
in psychology, toxic masculinity is the constellation of socially regressive male traits that serve to foster domination, the devaluation of women, homophobia and wanton violence.society views men as more important than women. 
 american psychology association(APA) in its publication of treating men and boys concluded that traditional masculinity is psychologically harmful.

examples of toxic masculinity. emotional repression, be tough, emotion is weak- it is a norm that men limit their emotional  range to expression of anger.' men don't cry',' you're supposed to be Strong' and so forth.
all humans think and feel but society has gendered feelings and emotions. we raise boys to pretend not to have or to bottle up these very human thing. 

toxic masculinity has been met with a lot of backlash and men saying its targeted at men to feel bad about being men. It seems like these men are missing the point, though—this kind of information isn’t meant to make men feel bad about being men, and it’s not to say that the world doesn’t need “male energy.” The point is that “male energy” doesn’t have to mean aggression, lack of emotion, and a refusal to ask for help; being a man can and should mean more than that.

Of course, some people think that these guidelines could make men less likely to seek help with mental illness, which is already a problem. But maybe if more men are taught that showing emotion and getting help are things that are normal and okay, things could change for the better.

Considering how much aggression, domestic violence, and sexual assault stems from toxic masculinity, it’s hard to ignore the fact that something’s gotta give, and hopefully these guidelines will be a step in the right direction.
perhaps it is due to rigid norms of traditional masculinity (e.g., risk-taking, dominance) that the toxic version of masculinity is associated with negative health and social outcomes. Examples of these outcomes include the following: Men have a shorter life expectancy than women, are more likely to die by suicide, and are more likely to commit violent crimes (and be victims of it too)

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