> Instead, because academia is not free from biases of its own, a condemning, shaming, loaded term was coined for this side of things.
I don't believe it started with Academia, it was a social term that came into use, I'd probably blame Twitter:
Coined in late 20th-century men’s movements, “toxic masculinity” spread to therapeutic and social policy settings in the early 21st century. Since 2013, feminists began attributing misogyny, homophobia, and men’s violence to toxic masculinity. Around the same time, feminism enjoyed renewed popularization.
I don't believe it started with Academia, it was a social term that came into use, I'd probably blame Twitter:
Coined in late 20th-century men’s movements, “toxic masculinity” spread to therapeutic and social policy settings in the early 21st century. Since 2013, feminists began attributing misogyny, homophobia, and men’s violence to toxic masculinity. Around the same time, feminism enjoyed renewed popularization.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X2094325...