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