The term Toxic Masking comes from the Neurodivergent community and is most commonly associated as an issue impacting Autistic.
However, it can flexibly be applied to any marginalized group that is put in a position of pressure or threat to mask their identities and/or conform to provided stereotypes for acceptance and/or safety.
All true forms of "Masking" are Toxic Masking.
Which is not to be confused with "Disguising". A chosen and intentional tool used to get things done in a non-exclusive world.
Or being "Closeted" as a personal journey that can include protection from threat to ones safety, or personal comfort.
These are often harmful to the person too, however not as hardly of excluding as the alternative. These are constructs that must be undone so such compromises needed be made at the cost of emotional labor from Neurodivergent & other marginalized communities.
However, it can flexibly be applied to any marginalized group that is put in a position of pressure or threat to mask their identities and/or conform to provided stereotypes for acceptance and/or safety.
All true forms of "Masking" are Toxic Masking.
Which is not to be confused with "Disguising". A chosen and intentional tool used to get things done in a non-exclusive world.
Or being "Closeted" as a personal journey that can include protection from threat to ones safety, or personal comfort.
These are often harmful to the person too, however not as hardly of excluding as the alternative. These are constructs that must be undone so such compromises needed be made at the cost of emotional labor from Neurodivergent & other marginalized communities.
"When you don't create inclusivity Neurodiverse spaced, you promote Toxic Masking."
"I need more Autistic friends, I've been slipping back into Toxic Masking habits lately.
"I need more Autistic friends, I've been slipping back into Toxic Masking habits lately.
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This term has become a part of online discourse due to the recent drama (as of this time of writing) coming from a Gillette commercial condemning the idea of manhood being ignorant towards people of the opposite gender, and instead promoting a culture where people learn how to be socially conscious of one other.
The outrage that had sprouted out of this had come from the confusion and intermingling with circles of discussion on the internet that had been keen on promoting an outrage culture, bringing along people coming from those circles to rant, or merely discuss the apparent "misuse" terminology while at the same time misinterpreting the commercial as some sort of planned political agenda against the male masses.
This term has become a part of online discourse due to the recent drama (as of this time of writing) coming from a Gillette commercial condemning the idea of manhood being ignorant towards people of the opposite gender, and instead promoting a culture where people learn how to be socially conscious of one other.
The outrage that had sprouted out of this had come from the confusion and intermingling with circles of discussion on the internet that had been keen on promoting an outrage culture, bringing along people coming from those circles to rant, or merely discuss the apparent "misuse" terminology while at the same time misinterpreting the commercial as some sort of planned political agenda against the male masses.
Wow! How dare they mention my "toxic masculinity" in a commercial, that was just telling me to be nice towards the opposite gender? Oh that crossed the line! This is obviously the feminist agenda! Wow, I can't believe I got to see the day where men are so oppressed.
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