11 Photos That Prove Just How Toxic "Boy Mom" Culture Really Is

In case you're new to toxic "boy mom" culture, lemme give you a little introduction. On TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms, there seems to be a trend of mothers who are a tad too obsessed with their sons' gender. People obviously don't love the patriarchal messaging in this (i.e., "boys are superior to girls"), or the way it perpetuates the gender binary, but that's just the tip of the iceberg with this issue.

A woman hugging her son
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I personally am most disturbed by how CREEPY some of these mothers are. Whether it's obsessing over their kid's penis size or future-tripping about what kind of woman he's gonna marry someday, there's something very sexualized about the "boy mom" behavior. Urban Dictionary even defines it as "a mom who is emotionally incestuous with her sons."

Deon Cole grimacing
Deon Cole grimacing

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Here are 11 examples of toxic "boy moms" for you to take a look at so that you hopefully never become one yourself:

1.This boy mom who seems just a wee bit resentful of her son's girlfriend:

"Just making my son's girlfriend a sandwich as she eats everything in my house"

2.This boy mom who is way too focused on her sons' penis sizes:

Mother is embarrassed and worried that her 2-month-old's penis is twice the size of his 2-year-old brother's because "as a mom you don't want anything to be too big or too small ya know?"

3.This boy mom who really should have kept this nauseating poem to herself:

A long love poem about how as a boy mom whose son got married, she "gave away being his number one girl," "gave away a piece of my heart," "gave away my son," so she tells other "mommas" to "love him while you are still first"

4.This boy mom who needs her "stud muffin" privileges revoked:

"Hide ya daughters, hide ya mama, hide ya wife, Mama's stud muffin; I love you oh so much" with two photos of her baby son

5.This boy mom who needed to flaunt her "boy mom" status on her bio:

"Wife, worshipper, YouTube, Boy Mom" on her IG profile

6.This boy mom who took it too far with the Facebook memes:

A lioness with a bloody face with her cub hanging out of her mouth, with the text "When dads post memes and statuses about threatening future boyfriends of their kids with shotguns; boy moms: Do it; see what happens"

7.Same with this boy mom:

Cover photo text: "Boy mom: it's an experience not a description"

8.This boy mom who's freaking out over a damn onesie:

A teddy bear onesie with text: "First boy outfit I bought! I'm low-key panicking about being a boy mom! First of all I couldn't find any clothes I liked?! It seems like it's harder to dress boys"

9.This boy mom who needs to stop projecting:

"Being a boy mom is different, like they really think they're your man" with sobbing and laughing emoji

10.This boy mom who can't go without her special mug:

Holding up a "Boy Mom Fuel" mug

11.And finally, this boy mom who thought she was the bride on her son's wedding day:

A womon wearing a tight, white, lacy minidress

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