Toxic-masculinity critiques apply only to Muslim men, never non-Muslims.

Evidence

There may be valid questions about the relationship between extremism, gendered violence and toxic masculinity. Such discussions, however, usually only address Muslim men, and where non- Muslim men are involved this is not generalized into a wider stereotype. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 570

Categorization

  • XREF: Parallels the asymmetrical moral scrutiny in the reader’s immodesty piece — identical behavior read differently depending on who performs it. — connects to: Muslim monsters are marked by toxic hyper-masculinity or sexually toxic femininity. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 61; Religious cultural practices get read as evidence of Muslim men’s misogyny rather than doctrine.
  • SHARE: A crisp point about selective application of ‘toxic masculinity’ framings that would interest someone tracking Islamophobia discourse.

Broader Connections