Those attitudes often result in destructive behavior. That especially refers to the ideas that boys and men must avoid showing emotion, making genuine connections with others, and letting themselves appear vulnerable in any way. At its core, though, is the notion that certain stereotypical male behaviors are actively harmful to everyone. Toxic masculinity has a formal definition, but thanks to its endless political connotations it can mean something different to everyone. Pedro Pascal’s Joel exemplifies the strength and power of non-toxic masculinity. But if you ever wanted to know why that’s total bullshit The Last of Us just provided another perfect counterexample with its incredible sixth episode.
That’s why they consider it an attack on the very concept of manliness itself. As a result some think it accuses all forms of masculinity of being bad. Like many concepts that are suddenly ubiquitous in our hyper partisan world, the phrase became politicized and distorted before many people had a chance to fully comprehend what it actually means. I know, “toxic masculinity” carries a whole lot of annoying baggage.
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