What is Toxic Masculinity?
According to the American Psychological Association, toxic masculinity is a set of notions about what it means to be a man, which can have negative effects. Specifically, toxic masculinity tells boys and men that their masculinity is dependent upon certain actions. Namely, to be a man one must a) be emotionally distant/stoic; b) never demonstrate emotional or mental illness; c) be heterosexual; and d) believe, to some degree, that men are inherently the dominant sex.