I want music stores to survive and thrive! In order for this to happen, they need to be places where everyone can feel comfortable— and recognizing and preventing these tropes can help.
So, overall, men feel pressure to maintain all four of these dimensions. And that can be A LOT. If you are a cis man, I have no doubt that you have felt that pressure and that it has affected you in immeasurable ways. Probably a lot growing up and still today. As someone who has a 4 year old boy, I think about this every single day.
It turns out that there are a lot of negative outcomes for men as a result of this pressure.