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become  profoundly  embedded.                     entire     tone      of   contemporary
             This  view  is  commonly  accepted                feminist  speech  is  worthy  of
             by      mainstream          media,        as      criticism.  Despite  tremendous
             illustrated  by  Grazia  and  GQ,                 progress  toward  gender  equality,
             which  frequently  point  to  issues              the  misandry  contained  in  this
             such  as  the  female  pay  gap  and              language  is  viewed  negatively.
             unattainable  beauty  standards  as               According to Fawcett Society and
             evidence of a patriarchal society.                US  surveys,  while  the  majority

             The  rise  of  'toxic  masculinity,'              favours  gender  equality,  only  a
             formerly  confined  to  academics                 small  fraction  identifies  as  a
             and  the  social  media  fringes,                 feminist.           The           negative
             gained        traction,       with       the      connotations  associated  with  the
             American                   Psychological          term 'feminist’, contribute to this
             Association  issuing  guidelines  to              hesitation.
             address                     conventional
             characteristics             of         male
             behaviour.





















                                                               There  is  much  we  don't  know
                                                               about  understanding  men  and
             However,  the  question  arises  on               women's differences and creating
             the  one-sided  nature  of  these                 harmonious         relationships,        but
             concepts.  Why  isn't  there  a                   there  is  also  a  huge  body  of
             conversation            about         'toxic      knowledge  that  was  previously
             femininity.'?  The  lack  of  clarity             universally  regarded.  However,  a
             on  whether  some  male  traits,                  seismic  shift  happened,  marked
             such as competition and stoicism,                 by  an  unnerving  surge  of  wrath
             are  toxic  or  harmful  complicates              and  denial  at  a  time  when
             the  story  even  further.  This                  consensus  and  settlement  on
             makes       us     wonder       if    these       gender  relations  appeared  to  be
             characteristics  have  situational                within reach. A scrambling device

             variations and casts doubt on the                 imposed  on  the  issue  has  caused
             viability       of      reprogramming             a       severe        disruption          in
             deeply ingrained tendencies. The                  understanding gender.




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