""Trump's comments are reflective of [a] flourishing culture of toxic masculinity, where negative and simplistic gender stereotypes are being flaunted, encouraged and deployed," they told HuffPost. "The term 'Sissy' is and has been used in a derogatory fashion to belittle men who do not fit the ideal of hyper-masculinity and who might even have a proclivity towards characteristics typically (and stereotypically) associated with women," they continued. "As a result, he insults both men who do not fit this imaginary model and women, viewed as weak, timid, and oversensitive.""
""The term 'Sissy' is and has been used in a derogatory fashion to belittle men who do not fit the ideal of hyper-masculinity and who might even have a proclivity towards characteristics typically (and stereotypically) associated with women," they continued. "As a result, he insults both men who do not fit this imaginary model and women, viewed as weak, timid, and oversensitive.""
Trump's use of the word 'sissy' mirrors a long history of the term functioning as a derogatory label. The usage reflects a flourishing culture of toxic masculinity in which negative, simplistic gender stereotypes are flaunted and encouraged. 'Sissy' has been deployed to belittle men who do not meet the ideal of hyper-masculinity and who display traits stereotypically associated with women. The slur targets both men who diverge from an imagined masculine model and women, portraying women as weak, timid, and oversensitive. The term polices gender norms and perpetuates harmful gender hierarchies.
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