Exploring Toxic Masculinity and its Origins

This chapter delves into the contested nature of the term 'toxic masculinity' and its surprising origins in the mythopoetic men's movement of the 1980s. The speaker discusses the different strands of the men's movement that emerged in response to feminism, traces the origins of the term 'toxic masculinity' to the mythopoetic movement, and expresses concerns about its misinterpretation.