Toxic Masculinity stems from the idea that there is one way to considered masculine. These are typically traditional stereotypes of what it is to be a man. Usually encouraging violence, high earning potential and ‘toughness’ whilst excluding any emotional intelligence along with encouraging conforming to gender stereotypes for any partners.

The issue is that many ‘role models’ can start out as positive but over time can start to represent something darker whilst appearing to show young men a positive path. There have been famous examples on social media channels that can start by showing younger generations of men how to eat healthy and have good exercise habits, also encouraging ideals for career aspects. All of this is very positive so it wouldn’t be alarming to begin with. However some of these ‘influencers’ have then gradually introduced sexism, homophobia and other outdated views. This then leads to poor mental health, bullying, violent outbursts among others.