Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

Why are men toxic? #toxicmasculinity #modernsociety #feminism @doctorshefali

27 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube dialogue between Dr. Shefali and Josh Trent examining how cultural narratives condition men into 'toxic' behavior. Dr. Shefali argues men are suffocated by societal paradigms and that understanding both men and women is necessary for true empowerment; Josh Trent adds that contemporary discourse has shifted from MeToo-era victim narratives to concerns about 'toxic femininity' and 'toxic humanity.'

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Men as a whole, and I'm talking very stereotypically, need to be also reminded of their humanity. And men are not evil. We women did not raise toxic men. Men have been conditioned to become toxic because of the prevalent cultural narrative, and we need to understand how men have been twisted and suffocated by this cultural paradigm, as well as understand ourselves as women. But it is in understanding both that we will awaken and be emboldened to the highest empowerment. Just talking men being crappy is not going to help the female cause at.
All, but it does create, to quote Kelly Brogan, a victimhood vibration where it's easy to get resources and to get sympathy. I think that's why this narrative of the MeToo movement, we really don't see it anymore. What we see now is, I think, toxic femininity and toxic masculinity, maybe just toxic humanity, where we've really forgotten about the core of who we are.