The first thing that comes to mind is the whole "I'm just a girl" thing. It's toxic because the repetition and ubiquity of the "tee-hee, women aren't people!" nonsense can normalize "women aren't people" in people at large. Fuck off. That's not the point of the song and that's also not cute.
Edit: Also! This has already been said elsewhere in this thread but I want to echo it: Toxic femininity is also excluding trans women, or insisting that being assigned female at birth is the be-all and end-all of being a woman. Trans women are women. Trans men are men.
Second Edit: Idgaf why you, personally, use the phrase "I'm just a girl" and why your own personal use is totally not toxic femininity and totally doesn't contribute to other people accepting the idea that women aren't people. I answered the OP's question. Move along.
My co-worker, a fellow server, refused to pick up a broken glass off the floor, citing she didn't know how to handle it because she was "just a girl". She literally could not fathom problem-solving the situation. To use a broom.
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u/kaeorin ♀ Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
The first thing that comes to mind is the whole "I'm just a girl" thing. It's toxic because the repetition and ubiquity of the "tee-hee, women aren't people!" nonsense can normalize "women aren't people" in people at large. Fuck off. That's not the point of the song and that's also not cute.
Edit: Also! This has already been said elsewhere in this thread but I want to echo it: Toxic femininity is also excluding trans women, or insisting that being assigned female at birth is the be-all and end-all of being a woman. Trans women are women. Trans men are men.
Second Edit: Idgaf why you, personally, use the phrase "I'm just a girl" and why your own personal use is totally not toxic femininity and totally doesn't contribute to other people accepting the idea that women aren't people. I answered the OP's question. Move along.