Take for example “toxic masculinity”. Literally taken, that word means that masculinity is toxic.
Literally taken, that phrase means a variety of Masculinity that is toxic. That you would assert using toxic as an adjective implies that all masculinity is toxic is bizarre. When I say Tomato Sauce, that doesn’t mean that all sauces contain tomatoes. That means that tomato sauces contain tomatoes.
I will admit this gets over alleged but you’re off base on what this means as well. Mansplaining is a pop culture term first off, not a Feminist one. And it specifically describes men who explain things to women that women have first hand knowledge that men lack (such as having a period) or offering an unsolicited explanation to a woman because they either assume the woman is ignorant or unintelligent on account of her gender. Often the recipient of mansplaining has equal or greater knowledge of what is being “mansplained”
Literally taken, that phrase means a variety of Masculinity that is toxic. That you would assert using toxic as an adjective implies that all masculinity is toxic is bizarre. When I say Tomato Sauce, that doesn’t mean that all sauces contain tomatoes. That means that tomato sauces contain tomatoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjective
I will admit this gets over alleged but you’re off base on what this means as well. Mansplaining is a pop culture term first off, not a Feminist one. And it specifically describes men who explain things to women that women have first hand knowledge that men lack (such as having a period) or offering an unsolicited explanation to a woman because they either assume the woman is ignorant or unintelligent on account of her gender. Often the recipient of mansplaining has equal or greater knowledge of what is being “mansplained”