Toxic Masculinity, Men’s Rights, and the “Not All Men” Argument

Jubilee Media recently released a video titled “Men’s Rights vs Feminism: Is Toxic Masculinity Real?” via their YouTube channel, in which a group of six men and women who identify as feminists and men’s rights activists address their conflicting stances on gender equality.

The disparities between the genders, along with their roles and expectations within society, is not only a hefty topic to confront but also a complex one. Issues related to violence against women, the wage gap between the sexes, and the harmful effects of enforcing archaic patriarchal views of masculinity on boys and men were brought up by the women that identified as feminists.

On the other side, those that considered themselves men’s rights activists addressed systematic disadvantages that men face. Particularly, in the justice system, where they argued men are being disproportionately sentenced to and executed in prison compared to offenders of the opposite sex.

Despite their differences, some participants were able to see eye to eye on how men can be denounced as victims to abuse due to the expectations placed on men and boys to be the stronger and dominant sex.

There were also many issues that were hardly, if ever, touched on in the video though, such as women still belonging to the…