Does working out lead to "Toxic masculinity" ?

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NaultD · Accepted Answer

No in of itself but context matters. As a headline being a hook intentionally avoid context "a hook, line, and sinker" situation to sell you spamming advertisements. You have done them an additional courtesy of spreading those ad revenue opportunity On your question, job well done if they say so.

To really answer your question, if it's for you for your own sake and that's all there is too it. It makes you happy. Not toxic. Loving and passion of the processes step by step is amenable. The end result is secondary. Become you want more of the process.

On the other hand, wanting the end result for the sake of the end result is toxic. It's like an addiction like drugs or gambling. Chasing the high. Those don't end well.

Fall in love with the process with every step of life. That's how you get better, that's how you can take calculated risks to push beyond your limits. Wanting the end result just leaves misery. Doing it is misery, getting what you want is misery, failing once twice third time your done. When there is no love, there is no will to fight.

SupremeWarlord · Accepted Answer

No.

But sexist men are more likely to hit the gym, the workout itself doesn't turn him into a sexist, but his previous sexist ideas play a certain role on how he wants to assert his dominance, and a strong physique can help him to achieve that:https://www.livescience.com/21172-men-sexist-attitudes-muscles.html

But this is a complex discussion, working out is also a result of media consumption and trying to stay hot for the ladies, or just purely for health benefits, therefore not all muscular men are sexist.

And at the end of the day you can always question these studies' methods, but I believe it to be a consistent result, unfortunately:https://www.google.com/search?q=muscular+men+are+more+sexist&oq=muscular+men+are+more+sexist&aqs=chrome..69i57.5066j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Dinklex3 · Accepted Answer

That's a troll post, lmao.

The article says "Unfortunately, castration is not an option for humans at this point in time due to the lack of research in the field of synthetically engineered sperm which is necessary for procreation.

– Anonymous Medical Doctor with a PhD."

Come on now, lol.

A_Bell · Accepted Answer

I've read that men with low testosterone are more likely to be abusive than men with normal or high testosterone.

From my experience, it seems that way. Strong, confident men don't need to beat women to make them selves feel better. Weak beta males have to find someone smaller than them.

MzAsh · Answer

Obviously no. That website is a bad attempt at satire.

TurboKid · Answer

I read what might have been a similar article long ago from the Guardian claiming that working out makes you right-wing. As absurd as it sounds, I actually think they have a point.

If anyone accomplishes a big personal goal successfully whether it's a fitness goal or starting their own business or excelling academically, I think they start to sympathize a bit less with the kind of victim mentality often championed by the left. It gives you this sense that anyone can accomplish their goals if they put their mind to it.

DemonDobby420 · Answer

If anything it counters that toxicity because your body is becoming a machine, much stronger than the vast majority of the population. So it would be much easier to resolve every situation with a strong arm, but a person thats worked their way to those sizes most certainly will not like the easy road. My father is a body builder in our country, he was also very physical with his ways of discipline, however I've found that the bigger he's gotten, the more in control he seems of every situation. Mannerisms, placements of words, very in control
Another stunning example would be Dwayne Johnson. Salt of the earth that bastard.

HiveBee · Answer

This is like incel mentality. Incels and losers of many kinds believe men who lift weights must be "toxic bros."

In reality, the lifting community is amazing. Positive, helpful, loving.

I can't stand people. Lifting weights does not cause toxic masculinity. Its so annoying that someone would say that I want to smack a motherfucker. (Omg he's toxic!) Lmao. Jesus.

Anonymous · Answer

Meanwhile she is promoting female-only MMA and boxing classes and powerlifting for women.

Toxic masculinity is a myth. Do some men act violent? How is that related to masculinity? How about we all attribute every single negative thing that a women does to femininity and then call it toxic.

Women are incredibly deceptive and deceitful. That sounds like classic Toxic femininity to me. Aborting babies, killing their own children. More toxic femininity. Cheating on their partners. Toxic feminist behavior

Catlover1999 · Answer

Men should stop doing exercise, only eat junk food, watch an excessive amount of porn and remain single. They’ll be incredibly depressed but hey at least they won’t exhibit “toxic masculine” traits.

BeMuse · Answer

The only people that think about that concept are soyboys boys, fags, trannies, and feminists. So working out and keeping healthy tend to avoid the concept all together. The reality is that your soy soaked bones are so absent of masculinity that you have a masculinity deficiency and the heir of strength around you makes you go home and cry due to your low self-esteem. The problem isn’t men, it’s your mental health issues.

Uannoyme · Answer

I think this article was written by some woman who has a big life insurance policy on her man.

But seriously, what are men supposed to do? Sacrifice their own health and well being to satisfy some feminist?

coachTanthony · Answer

-----------There is no such thing as toxic masculinity. There is only masculinity... and then we have assholes who misbehave. Nothing more. You do you.

"Men who don't face their own pain are often prone to inflict it on others."
~Coach T Anthony @thedatecoach IG

Qdbrown · Answer

Only if you drink a lot of a cheap liquor while working out and get really angry and forget why you're working out. And then you start throwing dumbbells at other people and staff while screaming in old English excerpts from Chaucer's Cantubury Tales.

JesseJayNeak · Answer

This is what I call a "bruh moment" article

ImproveEveryDay · Answer

I'm laughing at the thought of a guy working out, going home, looking himself in the mirror, noticing some muscle growth and thinking, "Damn... If I continue like this, I can... I can start owning my woman! I can... I can put her in her place! I can be a part of any fight and come out on top! Yes! The power... it's corrupting me!"

I'm joking of course. Toxic masculinity was already in the person's head well before they started working out. If anything, working out has only made them more confident to show their true colors. But it doesn't mean that just cuz you do some push-ups you begin to develop the mentality of slapping a Barbie doll from a boy's hand. That wouldn't make sense.

BCA6010 · Answer

I think/know a lot of people act REALLY stupid after a workout high, so the claim isn't totally unfounded, except I'm willing to bet the author is really just pissed off that fit women are generally more attractive than pink-haired feminazis. Or just needed to write something to get paid.

AdithyaR · Answer

Of course not, toxic masculinity simply means traits that are harmful for you or for people around that you do in the name of being masculine.
Working out and having muscles, not toxic masculinity.
Bullying someone for not having muscles, that's toxic masculinity.

TheUniqueOne96 · Answer

I think a saw a video about this a while ago and a comment on it suggested it was a troll article or something like that. Assuming it's real, she can fuck right off, lol.

Jaumet · Answer

I'm sorry, but are you hoping that this is true and that is why you would bring up some nobody's opinion about "Does working out lead to "Toxic masculinity"? I would counter that by saying lazy fat fucks who don't workout are the main cause of low self-esteem, a severe lack of self-confidence and an Incel attitude towards women cause they can't get any. Get a freaking life and stop trying to find excuses not maintain a healthy physical and mental state that working out will give you.

Anonymous · Answer

That's definite bs. Working out makes one fit and disciplined. Whoever said that working out is toxic definitely hasn't worked out. Sure obsessiving too much over anything is bad but why is looking after your physical and mental health toxic anyways? Modern feminism is just trying to make everyone lazy and weak

Soteris · Answer

Toxic masculinity is defined as a masculine stereotype that is harmful to either the individual or society. Working out in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing but as with most things there are ways for it to be turned against you. A good example is for example people who feel pressured into building as large muscles as they can and start using steroids or other harmful substances or training practices to get there. This is often tied into their feeling of being "masculine" which would make it toxic masculinity.

MCheetah · Answer

This is either a troll article or a total retard. Either way, not worth the time focusing on.

Woodsy05 · Answer

Working out or being physically fit is something that myself and a lot of other friends use for stress relief or enjoyment. I don’t really plan on decreasing my physical activity, because I like being energetic and happy.

Anonymous · Answer

Who knows, who cares

Soon the feminists will have to contend with the brotherhood who will separate men and women who are unmarried into different walled off continents so they can kill the men (which let's be honest the feminists will love all this so far) but abuse and molest the women as has been shown by small scale trails of members of the brotherhood especially in Northern England

Gespenster_division · Answer

Even the most feminist woman will still choose the athletic/muscular alpha male type over the weak beta male feminist everytime.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

Toxic masculinity isn't a thing. There are no bad parts of masculinity otherwise you are no longer talking about masculinity.

If there is a bad component to a computer or a car, the only reason you would refer it as such is that it will be that thing if you restore it, otherwise it's just a useless heap of metal.

NYCQuestions1976 · Answer

I can tell by reading the headline and the subtitle that there's no point reading the rest of that drivel... and I'm not even a guy who goes to the gym. I get my workout at work.

JDavid25 · Answer

It probably does bring out what she considers "toxic masculinity".. Meaning normal masculine traits that makes a man.. Since Working out lifts testosterone.

kidvid80 · Answer

i work out as a female i have yet to experience toxic masculinity personally, lol
i think the media outlets of all kinds are the reason for so much toxicity these days also the overly dramatic are the ones who need hobbies and a real life

moejoeloli · Answer

Working out is actually a pretty good idea to stay mentally stable. Overdoing it or doing it for the wrong reason might be toxic, like most things in life!

Ninani · Answer

No! Some of the most sensitive guys I know use their workout as a part of their mental health regime.

hahahmm · Answer

And some stupid males will take chemical castration drugs and make themselves into little girls to appease angry feminists. But most won't.

slatyb · Answer

No, it doesn't. They are unrelated. Probably the guys who are fit are generally less misogynistic than the guys who are too lazy to stay in shape.

snackthatsmilesback · Answer

Fuck Katie working out helps to stay healthy physically and mentally. If I stop that I guarantee I will become much more toxic.

BlackCatBone · Answer

Yes and no. I guess it depends on the guy's mentality.  Though, studies tend to prove that muscular/wannabe muscular guys are more misogynistic.

HaveFunWithThatBro · Answer

Holy shit you people cannot take a joke, lol. This is the most obvious satire I've ever seen, if you actually find the context it goes on to talk about castration being a good idea and shit. I've seen articles on The Onion more convincing than this. Grow a sense of humor, laugh it off and move on.

Anonymous · Answer

How much you want to bet she is an obese blue haired cat wrangler?

Puppystarfish23 · Answer

Lol no. When was the last time you saw moberly obese gay guy?

exitseven · Answer

No, just because somebody is in good physical shape and considers health a priority does not mean that they are prone to toxic masculinity.

jshm2 · Answer

Not unless you're working out, and getting swole, in a prison gym.

hellacray · Answer

Well does women working out lead to toxic feminity?

MudRucker · Answer

"Toxic masculinity" is a social construct. It does not exist.

StunningANDbrave · Answer

I lift regularly and seem to piss off a lot of pink anons on here so yes, but then again there is no such thing as "toxic masculinity"

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

Being toxic has nothing to do with masculinity, lots of women are toxic af.  Working out has nothing to do with either toxicity or masculinity.

msc545 · Answer

This is like asking "does changing a flat tire on your car lead to domestic violence"?

JosyJosy · Answer

I'd rather be "toxic", but healthy

Iron_Man · Answer

No we need our house and we need to have some motivation gain some self-confidence

Devlaw5 · Answer

Of course not. Lol working out too much can possibly lead to toxic masculinity by way of over competing. But working out in itself can’t lead to, nor be responsible for toxic masculinity.

EJlad · Answer

Doesn't this imply women don't workout? I feel like the author may have a hate-boner for men...

grega239 · Answer

Is there anything men can do without it being called toxic?

DocJones · Answer

Who cares what someone else thinks working out does? I certainly don't

Anonymous · Answer

No, toxic masculinity does exist, not as much as some people say though. But it has nothing do with working out. There are plenty of " good" males who work out.

Silver158 · Answer

nope, and toxic masculinity is nothing but feminazi rhetoric

AlexanderAnttila · Answer

I'd like to see how this journalist intends to stop us.

TheVoid777 · Answer

Unfortunately no. Most guys work out and most guys are complete wimps.

railey89079 · Answer

Not working out does. Its healthy and men should encourage each other to do it.

genericname85 · Answer

"toxic masculinity" is a bulshit term. don't accept this snowflake leftist, fascist newspeak.

tallcuck · Answer

Nothing creates toxic masculinity better than toxic femininity. It is hard to stay a gentleman around bitches...

Anonymous · Answer

No, as long as a man doesn’t convince himself that it is related to masculinity.

Xoirwinkan · Answer

"Toxic masculinity" is nothing more than bad personalities/morals.

2ndTryatThis · Answer

No.. lol. Being conceited starts far before the gym..

Anonymous · Answer

we must grow man boobs in order to relate to women better

fonduegirl · Answer

Nope, that's called 'fitness'.

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