21 Of The Most Embarassingly Atrocious Displays Of Toxic Masculinity People Have Ever Seen

A small portion back, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to stock their ain examples of the astir cringe-worthy displays of toxic masculinity they've ever witnessed. Whew, radical did NOT clasp back. Here are immoderate of the wildest and astir infuriating responses:

Note: Some of these person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.

1. "I utilized to pb precocious measurement aerobics classes. It was mostly women, but determination were a fewer antheral regulars. My present ex-husband and the gym proprietor utilized to ticker from the doorway with amused looks connected their faces. They called it 'twinkle-toe class' and made snide remarks astir the sexuality of my regular antheral participants. I often invited them to articulation us, but they ever acted similar it would beryllium a discarded of their time. One evening, they came successful and took up positions astatine the beforehand of the class. They lasted done the warm-up, but erstwhile the existent workout began, they dipped retired truthful accelerated that I didn’t spot them leave. Turns retired the 'girly workout' was conscionable excessively aggravated for them."

2. "My ex wouldn't usage an umbrella due to the fact that it was 'gay.'"

3. "When I was a teenager, I dated a feline who drove a pickup motortruck and embodied each associated masculine stereotype. One day, we were helping retired a person who had conscionable moved by dropping disconnected immoderate furnishings successful said truck. The furnishings was piled precocious successful the furniture and it was a choky spot, truthful erstwhile helium started to backmost up, I offered to leap retired and crushed guide. He looked astatine maine incredulously and gave maine the MOST condescending, 'I bash not request MY woman to archer maine however to thrust MY truck. I cognize this conveyance similar the BACK of my hand.' So I said thing portion helium backed up...straight into a neighbor's car."

4. "My ex would not let maine to fastener his shirts erstwhile I hung them. He demanded that the shirts beryllium removable without him having to unbutton them, arsenic that was 'unmanly.' If they slipped disconnected the hanger, past I had not hung them 'correctly.'"

5. "My brother, who was raised by our azygous mom, has said that wearing a overgarment is 'for girls.'"

6. "At the region just a fewer years ago, I overheard a begetter archer his lad to hitch his look 'like a man.' I inactive don’t cognize what that means."

7. "Men who presumption regular physicals oregon preventative screenings (e.g., for prostate oregon colorectal cancer) arsenic unnecessary oregon a motion of weakness and hold until symptoms go terrible to question help."

8. "When I worked successful retail, I had a antheral coworker who ne'er wore deodorant because, 'That's conscionable for women.' He stunk truthful severely that you couldn't get wrong 3 feet of him without smelling him."

9. "I worked with idiosyncratic who didn't cleanable up aft himself because, 'Cleaning is for women.' He lived alone, and I person ever wondered however that worked retired for him astatine home."

10. "During the visitation earlier my mother's funeral, a fewer of her aged friends led a rosary successful her honor. I was lasting adjacent and listening, and a antheral was sitting successful a seat adjacent to me. He offered maine his seat, and I smiled and said, 'I'd alternatively stand, but convey you.' He proceeded to reason with maine during my mother's rosary astir however helium couldn't beryllium erstwhile woman was standing. He stared astatine me, pointed astatine the chair, and said, 'SIT.'"

11. "I had a coworker whose woman and toddler sometimes came by to bring him lunch. He would archer his kid, 'Go accidental hullo to [other coworker]. Hit him, accidental hi, amusement him however beardown you are. Say hullo similar a man!'"

12. "Not getting vaccines. I was told I would 'grow a 3rd ball' due to the fact that I got the COVID-19 vaccine. My effect was, 'That’s okay; I’ve ever had much balls than you anyhow.'"

13. "My hubby thinks a pistillate should ne'er beryllium president due to the fact that we're 'too emotional.'"

14. "My ex-father-in-law would ne'er bash thing that could beryllium remotely counted arsenic housework. He couldn’t cook, clean, lavation his clothes, load the dishwasher, oregon anything. He wouldn’t adjacent enactment a utilized cupful away. He utilized to accidental that helium went to work, truthful he’d 'done capable already.'"

15. "My BFF and I went camping successful our aboriginal 20s with friends. She and I sat determination for an hr and a fractional watching the men effort to enactment up the structure and commencement a fire. We offered to assistance but were told, 'Men bash this benignant of work.' Eventually, we told them to move, and we had the occurrence going and the structure up successful 20 minutes."

16. "I cognize men who garbage to devour bananas oregon crystal pick cones successful nationalist because, well, you know."

17. "I told my now-ex spouse that I wanted caller socks arsenic portion of my Christmas present. He told maine that helium would not beryllium seen anyplace adjacent the women's apparel section of immoderate store. I was like, 'They're conscionable socks.' His effect was, 'They're clothes. They inactive count.'"

18. "My uncle refused to devour quiche due to the fact that helium said it wasn’t a 'manly capable food.'"

19. "Some feline was walking precise adjacent down maine portion entering a building, truthful I opened the doorway for him. Instead of walking done the door, helium explained that helium could not locomotion wrong due to the fact that helium 'couldn't person a pistillate holding the doorway for him.' Personally, I deliberation that causing a country astir the doorway was much deteriorating to his masculinity."

20. "I was astatine a dealership buying an costly car with my ain money, and my hubby was with maine for company. Two abstracted guys who worked determination ignored maine and lone spoke to my husband. Every clip I said thing to them, they lone answered him."

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