Toxic Masculinity Isn't a Meme

I'm on Twitter a lot. I really love it. I learn things, I laugh, I cry, it's usually a good time. There are a few exceptions to this. Many of you may know of Future, a rap artist. He has released a lot of popular music that I hear almost every day via people's Instagram stories. He has some catchy tunes I won't like, but this man is a terrible person. He is known for being an incredibly toxic person in his relationships with women. Once he bought out a club and wouldn't let certain women in based on their size, reportedly saying, "no fatties allowed." He is also well known for his past relationship with musical artist Ciara. She appeared on an episode of Jada Pinkett-Smith's "Red Table Talk" to discuss how their relationship hurt her. She told stories about times she would just cry in the shower from the pressures of their relationship. On his side of things, Future had this to say about Russell Wilson (Ciara's husband), “He not being a man in that position. He not tellin’ her, ‘Chill out with that on the Internet. Don’t even talk to him. I’m your husband! You better not even bring Future’s name up!’ If that was me, she couldn’t even bring his name up. She know that. She couldn’t even bring her exes’ names up. Don’t give that s**t no energy.” EW! All this to say, Twitter has made Future the mascot of toxic masculinity. True to Twitter's nature though, it's become all jokes. Men will tweet about how it's time to go "Future mode" because a woman turned them down/curved them, or how when he releases new music they're ready for toxic masculinity season. I am here to say THAT'S NOT FREAKIN FUNNY. There is nothing funny about traumatizing women. There is nothing funny about manipulating your female partners. I just don't understand, I'm truly flabbergasted. Probably one of the most memorable examples was from this past summer where a video of Future came out in which he was talking about how he gifts "his girls" a certain type of watch. He then said in reference to those who don't have this watch, "she belongs to the streets." DISGUSTING! Not only implying these watches are some sort of branding but that the opposite of that is just that she's open for anybody???? I hate it here!

I know this was kind of a short one, I just wanted to get this off my chest. Boys have cooties, never forget.