If you're unfamiliar with what toxic femininity is, it's when women are expected to align with certain "traditional" stereotypes or feminine traits, such as being submissive, being a mother, and so on ...

What are the first words that come to mind when trying to describe femininity? Chances are that many of the words that surface hold negative connotations: fragile, weak, delicate, frivolous, ...

Toxic femininity is a term I’ve heard quite a bit, but never understood just how much it affects women today, including me. Toxic femininity refers to the idea that women should adopt feminine ...

On Monday, Reddit user u/VysX_ asked, "There's toxic masculinity, but what are examples of toxic femininity?" People came through with some interesting examples of things that women do — usually to ...

Recently, I talked with a former male student of mine who had been hearing and reading more about “toxic masculinity”: what it is, how it can be expressed and its implications and consequences.

Take a scroll through Instagram or TikTok, and you’ll see plenty of posts about what it means to have “feminine energy.” One video offers a three-step guide on “how to radiate feminine energy,” while ...

Women at BYU are speaking out about how bodybuilding has improved their wellbeing and changed society's perception of femininity. Keely Bullock, a bodybuilder and fitness influencer, said she believes ...

Another personality test is dominating TikTok, hot on the heels of the "What Little Miss Am I?" quiz going viral. The latest popular quiz goes by the name of "13 Feminine Seduction Archetypes," and ...

There are a lot of valid opinions – many negative – about International Women’s Day. One-day or monthlong celebrations of various identities are problematic. It can seem tokenistic to honor 51% of the ...

What are the first words that come to mind when trying to describe femininity? Chances are that many of the words that surface hold negative connotations: fragile, weak, delicate, frivolous, ...