We hear so much about toxic masculinity. But what other kind of masculinity is there? What about positive masculinity? What would that mean to you?
Likewise, toxic feminism. This means that there must be a positive feminism too. Or, to be consistent, positive femininity? What would that look like?
These are the questions I thought about this week.
To me, positive masculinity means someone who is caring, kind, and protective.
Positive femininity means a presence that is kind, caring, and nurturing.
To be kind and to care is necessary for a family or any human interaction to survive. Protection and nurturing are the two elements that then go into creating a unit that grows. Protection provides the boundary, and nurturing provides the nourishment.
What would positive masculinity and femininity mean to you?
2 comments:
To me, gender toxicity is when one gender seeks to exert power, authority and control over the other gender or the world without any understanding that all are equal and worthy. Those who are gender positive do not seek to do this.
Very true!!
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