He describes his lifestyle and attitudes toward women as being driven by a form of toxic masculinity that hindered his ability to form genuine connections.

“I'm the the face of uh guess toxic masculinity. when toxic masculinity meets midlife crisis.”

Creating safe spaces for men to discuss emotions and vulnerability is essential for their personal growth.

“just again, as we've done on this podcast, creating that safe space where we can talk about feelings and crying and your emotions and communicate communicating what's going on in your life. Oh, it's the most important service I think we can do to men.”

Toxic masculine influencers gain followings because they are the only ones who validate the suffering of men, and they should be understood rather than just demonized.

“there is one group of people on the planet who says yes your life does suck and that's these toxic masculine people they're the only people that truly validate men's experiences”

He claims that modern society unnecessarily pathologizes masculinity and suppresses traditional masculine behavior.

“it's like the brutal savagery of men is a necessary precondition for society to exist and we just kind of pretend like it's not. And this show should actually be an indictment on the feminine rather than the masculine because basically masculinity is just punished everywhere all the time, non-stop.”

Andrew Tate's persona relies on misogyny and violent rhetoric, which he uses to cultivate a following of insecure young men.

“if anything Andrew Tate utilize misogyny to Skyrocket the fame a thing that I've mentioned many many times over but the worst thing that happened was he got so much [ __ ] Cloud out of it and the one thing that will change people's minds in this day and age especially young men who are already like ”

He claims that the societal definition of toxic masculinity is hypocritical because it condemns both aggression and male emotional vulnerability.

“If you cry it's weird if you yell it's abuse if you had a cabinet it's abuse if you cry it's weird what is someone like Johnny Depp supposed to what is the man in your life supposed to do”

The cultural ideal of a man who is tough and rugged often prevents men from openly expressing the pain that shaped that resilience.

“I think a lot of times with men you know they are scared to show that vulnerability because of what a lot of women have displayed which is like now I'm not attracted to you that part yeah and it's like you know I said on um I set on enough on Santiago some women looking at you lesser if there's tear”

The concept of toxic masculinity is a misnomer, as masculinity itself is never toxic, but rather it is the absence of masculinity that causes negative societal outcomes.

“Toxic masc doesn't exist. Toxic masculine I claim doesn't exist. There's only masculinity and actually it's the it's the absence of masculinity that's toxic.”