Is Toxic Masculinity Problematic? How the Roman Catholic Church, the Council of Nicaea, and American Capitalism Have Stripped the Feminine Narrative

Toxic Masculinity is generalized as Traits exhibiting one {1} or more of the following Traits where there is hyper-fixation on 1} social dominance of males over females, 2} subscribing to, and perpetuating beliefs of emotional expression defining weakness in a male, and 3} asserting aggression, or dominance, to sustain a sense of control.

In this article, we will focus on Three Pillars of Toxic Masculinity. The Three Pillars of Toxic Masculinity include, and are certainly not limited to: 1} poor dietary behaviors, 2} homophobic beliefs, and 3} seminal fluid transfer. Toxic Masculinity does not limit its energetic impact to The Male{s} who individually, or collectively, exhibit behaviors associated with Toxic Masculinity. When the Toxic Masculine Behaviors are permitted to continue by inaction of individuals, or collective groups to set boundaries regarding Toxic Masculinity, and when personal work by the individual exhibiting Traits of Toxic Masculinity has not been initiated to evolve out of “boy behavior”; the Toxicity of the Traits and Behaviors begins to infect the individuals surrounding the Toxic Masculine Behaviors. Toxic Masculine Behaviors have the capacity to extend the reach of their toxic impact to the Feminine {and surrounding social sphere} via perpetuation, silence, and procreation. My hope and intention for this article are for this information to catalyze conversation, internally and externally. May Your Awareness expand Your Ability to identify, acknowledge, and heal from the impacts of Toxic Masculine Behaviors in Your Life. As part of My Mission in This Life, I have prepared this article with a list of Toxic Masculine Behaviors, curated a Playlist for Moving Meditation {during, or post-read}, and Products that are Toxic with the intention to EmPower You along Your Healing Journey in This Life.  

 “This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.” Genesis 17:12–14 {NIV}

As the Roman Catholic Church developed its dominance as a controlling entity over a vast number of individuals, families, and communities throughout Italy, Europe, and the Globe; the perpetuation of silencing the feminine voice became engrained in cultural views. With a systematic hierarchy of male figures in power, the threat to The Patriarchy was touching a Trauma Wound at the Root Chakra. Trauma to the Root Chakra; that is what circumcision results in. Whether it is a male born in the modern world, or a female in various cultures experiencing body mutilation, presently; the result of the Trauma to the Root Chakra is stored in The Body as Cellular Memory. The Cellular Memory stored in The Body has the capacity to create holding patterns within the Musculoskeletal System and Fascial Network that require intentional healing in order to Let Go of the Trauma Patterns. Where healing has not taken place, Toxic Traits develop through the lens of the Pain Body in order to protect the fragile Ego.

While modern, western medical procedures may provide fewer medical complications associated with circumcision, the resulting Trauma to the Root Chakra remains. Surgical Trauma to the Root Chakra not only develops scar tissue wounds, but the circumcision can also develop energetic wounds from the Cellular Memory that become associated with both the mother {Female} and father {Male}, yet in the example of circumcision, the Mother Wound can carry the brunt of the energetic wounds as it is interwoven with adjacent Birth Traumas. A flesh wound in the early days of life has the capacity to trigger immune responses that awaken dormant viruses, and leave the human susceptible to contraction of outside illness. Whether intentional, or not, circumcision has created a global human wound that has left our society divided, and rapidly increasing in toxicity associated with The Patriarchy.

It is no secret for those who are Awakening in The Present Moment that The Bible, as we currently know it, is nearly devoid of any feminine voice. During my undergraduate education at Seattle University, a Jesuit Institution, I enrolled in a course entitled Women in the Hebrew Bible. Now, for a white male in their early 20s who was born into and educated through the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, I was no stranger to the suppression of the female voice when it came to designated roles within religious institutions. In fact, the individual who taught my 8th Grade Catechism class is now the President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod:. Coincidental?.: In my educational experience, the explicit exclusion of Female Voices from roles in the clergy, and having a right to vote, along with the belief that The Female is considered “subservient” to males, was, and remains, commonplace in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s teachings and practices. Enrolling in Women in the Hebrew Bible offered me an opportunity to expand my horizons on religious dogma and the systematic eradication of the female perspective, as far down to the names of Female Figures excluded from the Biblical Text. Where Females were given light to remain in the text, their stories are limited to disobedience as the wife of a {named} man. An example of the Suppression of Female Narratives I reflect on often is “Lot’s Wife”, who becomes known for being turned into a pillar of salt after turning back to bear witness to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah {Genesis 19:26 – NIV}, her home; as toxic as they had become. Toxic Masculinity is depicted openly in the same account of “Lot’s Wife” ahead of her untimely transfiguration into a Pillar of Salt when Lot offers his two virgin daughters to the Men of Sodom in an attempt to avoid a homosexual act taking place with the two angels in his home {Genesis 19:4-8 – NIV}. Having borne witness to the presence of active perpetuation within the Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s Religious Dogma, the Toxic Traits fits within the definition of Toxic Masculinity.

The Patriarchy remains ingrained in nearly every culture, especially within the facets of religion and politics. While ancestral trauma wounds may hold the key to an aspect of the resulting Toxic Masculine Behaviors, I want to offer a deeper look into what aspects continue to perpetuate the pursuit of dominance over the Female Voice. In my previous article, I addressed the rise of adverse health conditions, including thyroid disease. Peering into thyroid disease from The Perspective of a Meta-Physician, I view thyroid disease as having a direct link to a distortion of energy in the throat chakra. Energy distortion within the throat chakra can be associated with suppression of a personal truth, along with upstream and/or downstream overlapping wounds {i.e., crown/third eye and sacral/solar plexus chakras hooks}. While not every instance of a thyroid disease is that cut and dry, I feel this example provides a deeper insight into the Casual Links behind the impacts of Toxic Masculinity and the rise of thyroid disease with the Female Populace. 

My Personal Journey in This Life includes incarnating into “The American Dream”, or so I was programmed to believe was the case. While the presentation to the outside world may have been anything other than “toxic”, compared with social norms at the time, the cumulative toxicity of my ancestral lineage was present and surfacing within, and without. My ancestral lineage includes living through the industrialization of Europe, participation in wars, and the impact of toxins in the air, water, and soil from globalization. My ancestral lineage continues its toxification with journeys of immigration to America, enlistments in the military, working in steel mills, direct impacts from “The Dust Bowl”, and mining for various materials. The history of my Male Lineage {and by proxy my Female Lineage} includes daily encounters with vast arrays of toxins. Enter me, born into a superfund site in Tacoma, WA where lead, arsenic, fluoride, chlorine, and other toxic chemicals were {and still are} found in the air, water, and soil of the land; the toxicity was greater than ever, and my health reflected what it means to be a product of my environment. Eczema, asthma, inflammation, and a list of allergies consumed my freedom to thrive as a child and developing Male. Presently, I Am Journeying through the DeToxification Process while simultaneously navigating This Journey in the same toxic environment I was born into.

While today’s western medical system has created a wonderful array of pharmaceutical “solutions” to mask the symptoms of your health condition, these “solutions” fail to provide resolution to The Root Cause, leaving Your Body with toxic byproducts of the pharmaceutical product. How much further will we as humans go before we Collectively Awaken to The Opportunity to ReVisit the esoteric literature and take conscious, sovereign elections for Our Wellbeing, and that of Our Offspring? 

From my perspective, there is a practical path toward breaking the cycle by healing our individual impacts from interactions with toxic masculinity in This Life, ahead of passing on the genetic inheritance to the next generation. Healing can be accomplished in This Life; it is a Journey I Am continuing through – while guiding others along their Individual Healing Journeys in tandem. Providing access to free educational resources is a key part of my mission in this incarnation; intended to provide practical knowledge to humans of what is toxic in our present reality. Many of us have fallen into the ways of society, whether through consuming what/how our parents did, or falling into the trap of advertisements while seeking social validation for our personal accomplishments. Through Awakening, I have taken a Conscious Review of my collective consumption and contribution to Toxic Masculinity and continue to sift through what behaviors I exhibited as toxic are no longer serving internally or externally. The result? Daily practice to integrate sustainable, long-term detoxification and healing of core wounds while integrating new neural pathways to instill positive behaviors as the default in This Life! 

When it comes to The American Food System, I Am not shy to acknowledge how toxic it was, has become, and presently is in Our Collective Reality. The rise of artificial ingredients, additives, preservatives, dyes, and sugar are rapidly acidifying our bodies. Acidification of The Body is a leading cause of disease and cancer within The Human Body. While fear can arise when peering in the RearView Mirror of Your Consumption Journey, may I offer the Light of a Tandem Journey to express that solutions are here, and ReMind You that Your Body is capable of Healing from Anything; in This Life!

In Our Present Reality, many Humans utilize food to cope with their emotional wounds; me included. In the United States of America, the number of cases associated with chronic health conditions, such as Diabetes, is projected to continue rising unless actions are taken by the Collective to shift the trend. As I continue to Awaken to the Reality of My Dietary History, I can only classify it as a product of my environment; TOXIC. While there is no individual to blame, the collective contribution to The American Food System, and suppression of emotional expression, has created a culture that has become addicted to artificial and refined sugars. From My Lived Experiences, and current navigations in this life, the presence and volume of artificial and refined sugars in our food system is single handedly directing the narrative toward broad spectrum Gestational Diabetes, and the labeling/acknowledgement of Type 3 Diabetes; more commonly known as Dementia, presently. 

Now, You might be wondering how Dietary Behaviors perpetuate Toxic Masculinity; let’s dive in. In many households, especially those who are a product of the familial structure of the post-war baby boom era that included a Heteronormative Structure of the Female facilitating the task of preparing meals to sustain the Male; catering specifically to the Male’s Dietary Desires rather than having the capacity to meet the Dietary Needs of each individual. With the familial dietary structure revolving around an individual Male, the remaining members of the family network are placed into a position of consuming items that restrict their individual nutrient requirements as a human. Consider the example of an honorably discharged military veteran, coming up in the career of distributing processed baked goods, containing high volumes of refined sugar, throughout a developing metropolis. The Male begins to bring home extra processed baked goods to share with his wife, and children. The Male, seeking approval as a provider, finds himself unknowingly poisoning his family in order to fill an emotional wounding pattern that links back to Childhood Family Trauma and the loss of identification associated with being stripped of the military career he projected for his Role as Provider. 

Religious Institutions have broadly programmed their members with views regarding marital union, which perpetuates exclusion, division, and discrimination. While Religious Institutions utilize various verses from the present structure of The Bible to defend their Toxic Belief Systems, there appears to be a lack of zoomed out perspective on the matter. In order to dive into this thread, we must rewind the timeline nearly 1700 years ago {300 CE}; during an age of Human Suppression associated with Education. With a topic of Homosexuality deeply programmed to be taboo, any personal experience surrounding homosexuality has the capacity to become suppressed by the Male and fester into toxicity through stagnation of emotional expression. 

While I continue to experience the Reality of Toxic Masculinity throughout my journey as a non-binary individual of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, I continue to receive visions of hope that We as The Collective Humans on Earth are Awakening to Truth in Unity rather than Division. One key thread of hope I have witnessed in This Life is that The Youth being born into Our Present Collective are encoded with strength, resilience, and a mission to break through the cycles of toxicity and support Us in being ReEducated on the Meaning of Life as a Human on Planet Earth.

Linking this all to our Third Pillar of Toxic Masculinity; seminal fluid transfer, or impregnation, involves a high-level analysis of cellular DNA makeup. While historically the creation of life was facilitated between one Female and one Male through intercourse, the rise in fertility challenges within both Females and Males has opened to the creation of ‘A’lternative ‘I’nsemination options. The Collective Soup of dietary implications, toxic emotional wounding, and suppression of personal truths has united to create cognitive distortion within Humans as it pertains to the Root Cause of Our Present Collective Health as a species. While the Awakening to a Tipping Point with respect to Human Reproduction and Longevity could instill fear, there is an opportunity present to begin collectively working to untangle the complex web of traumas through deprogramming, and rewiring the neural pathways to create healthy behaviors while healing from Toxic Masculinity. 

With Systematic Beliefs of homosexuality, equating to the ultimate sin that would send you to hell, presently serving as Religious Dogma, how do We as Conscious, and “Awakened” Individuals begin the discussion of how the Rainbow Starseeds will be participatory in discussions associated with documenting and handing down Ancestral Wisdom; especially for those of Us experiencing the Present Reality of losing links to lineages deeply engrained in Toxic Masculinity. For those of You wishing to participate in the evolving narrative of Religious Dogma’s impact on the Future of Humanity; I hold space as a ReMaining link to Healing Ancestral Trauma in This Life. 

TAKE ACTION: Notice where toxic masculine patterns show up in your life, body, or lineage, and choose one small shift that disrupts the cycle. Begin here, with awareness—and connect with ReLYT for deeper guidance.