Michelle Simoni’s Reviews > Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle > Status Update

“Amount men, “toxic” has now become a byword for “badass”. I propose the more straightforward “broken masculinity” as a potential replacement primarily because it accurately describes what where dealing with - a model of masculinity that’s completely broken - but also because it’s likely that men will walk around pugging their chests and declaring themselves “broken””. - 139