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What John Millais can teach us about Toxic Femininity
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What John Millais can teach us about Toxic Femininity

On a painting that illustrates man's struggle to define himself against and through women

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Megha Lillywhite
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Wars and women love the same qualities in men and both compete to claim the best of them. This has been a battle as old as men, women and wars have existed. Indeed, it is against wars and women that men may define themselves as Men. In our increasingly feminized world, a man who dares to embrace masculinity is vilified and excoriated.

“A woman simply is…

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