[ponderatul]

I don't want to take away from the results from the study. But it would be a great area to study the relationship between men and interaction with women, especially those displaying toxic femininity, in the context of fatherhood.

Don't know if anyone coined the term toxic femininity, but it should obviously be a field of study, just as toxic masculinity is.

[Angostura]

What would 'toxic femininity' look like?

[belorn]

If toxic masculinity is defined by exaggerated gender role behavior that is a negative for the individual and society, then toxic femininity should be defined in the exact same terms.

Female gender role is strongly associated with motherhood and personal appearance so toxic femininity could for example be exaggeration of those aspects. Two examples would be possessiveness of children and the abuse of plastic surgery.

The question is why people are using such gendered terms that so easily get perceived as derogatory if all we want is to a term to help discussions around exaggerated gender role behavior that causes negative effects. Personally I avoid using both and see those that do as pushing an agenda rather than addressing the core issue that we have gender roles and those have a negative impact on society.

[ponderatul]

You've probably seen it, there are certainly examples. Emotional manipulation of the husband, emotional manipulation of the child about the husband.

I mean there are a lot of things someone displaying this type of behaviour, can do to hurt the relationship between the father and the child, even if she is the mother of the child.

[ameister14]

Let's just not use either term.