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When teams address toxic masculinity but struggle to include men in the conversation

Our workplace keeps talking about toxic masculinity and creating safer spaces but as one of the few men on our team I feel like I'm constantly walking on eggshells about how I communicate and take up space. When I try to bring this up with my colleagues they either dismiss it or act like I'm the problem for even mentioning it.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A workplace is trying to address masculine toxicity but hasn't figured out how to have men be part of the solution rather than just the problem.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Masculinity — constructed and contested?”

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