toxic femininity

English

Noun

toxic femininity (uncountable)

(gender theory) Those aspects of traditional femininity perceived to reinforce neuroticism, hysteria and other negative qualities, theorized as a component of feminine ideology, particularly in the United States.

Coordinate terms

toxic masculinity

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