DIY Will – Disaster – Dealing with property contrary to survivorship rules under joint tenancy
31/12/2017
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What is toxic masculinity?
Toxic masculinity is a social construct where boys and men have been conditioned to believe they have to be tough, aggressive, dominant, competitive, authoritarian, promiscuous and stoic to be considered as a man in society. This leads to much emotional and psychological distress for men and issues such as alcoholism, drug abuse, mental health issues and domestic and family violence.<p>
Why is this a problem?
Toxic masculinity leads to many social issues. Domestic and family violence is one, but men’s health and mental health suffers greatly and men miss out on great relationships with partners and children and miss out of great relationships based on trust and respect with others.
Why do we need stand up men?
Young men and boys are exposed to massive pressures to conform to a very toxic stereotypical kind of masculinity. These stereotypes are based on the notion of men as powerful, aggressive, dominant, authoritarian, stoic and promiscuous. These characteristics are what exposes women to domestic and family violence and sexual abuse on a daily basis and continues to feed violence in society.
A stand up man displays qualities such as Empathy, Inner strength, Fairness and Integrity, but displaying these qualities is not enough. The community needs these men to be Stand up men and push back against the other toxic elements of masculinity that drive violence.
A stand up man will stand up and speak out when and where it matters calling out bad behaviours and challenging friends, family, neighbours and colleagues and make it clear that casual sexism will not be tolerated and that verbal and physical violence and bullying is not acceptable in modern society