You probably must’ve heard this term only a couple of times, because media doesn’t talk much about this subject. The traits of this toxicity are so normalized that we fail to realize its presence around us & how it affects our thought process about ourselves. For generations, women have been a victim of patriarchy & one of the horrendous by-product of it is Toxic Femininity. It is when someone ignores one’s own comfortability with the situation just to work on fulfilling the demands of others. Doing so, a person can experience exhaustion, mental tiredness, anxiety, numbness, & various self-sabotaging feelings that are sometimes considered as “normal” symptoms of stress. But we never question the deep, underlying reason behind these emotions & feelings. There can be plenty & this is one of them. I am sure most of the women out there have experienced toxic femininity & the examples shock me to the core. Because it is done by women, against other women!!!! Women ar...
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