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Episode 112 - Stoicism

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Is Stoicism a Form of Toxic Masculinity?

Sometimes stoicism has been correlated with or at least people point to it as a form of toxic masculinity. This idea of wanting to like control what's within your control goes hand in hand with needing to aggressively compete and dominate whatever you can, which is obviously really problematic. But I think there are these things built into our society, the way that we treat boys versus girls,. The perception of what it means to be masculine, right? That macho mentality is like, don't complain. Don't whine. Don't cry.

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