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Salon
Lifestyle
Michael Flood

Is "toxic masculinity" a useful term?

Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs in "Euphoria" (Eddy Chen/HBO)

It's hard to avoid encountering the term "toxic masculinity" these days.

It has been linked to Australian soldiers' war crimes in Afghanistan, the Morrison government's low credibility with women in the lead-up to this year's election – and further afield, the rise of Donald Trump and the Capitol riots.

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