Boys Are Internalizing Toxic Masculinity Habits Way Too
Early
This article is a written interview with musician John
Legend. Legend goes on to explain how he feels that boys at a young age are
taught to be hyper-masculine, especially young black men. Legend explains that
when his parents divorced he lived with his father and his father did not show
him the hyper masculinity that he saw his friends develop around him. He
mentions that a lot of his friends ended up selling drugs, in jail and losing
their lives.
It seems interesting that people are now paying attention to
the fact that hyper masculinity is toxic for men. How it can impact men negativity
because it makes men feel that they have something to prove and will do it at
all cause. Legend mentions how he is happy that his parents didn’t teach him to
be hyper masculine because he ended up being a successful musician and living a
much better life.
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