Meryl Streep said she dislikes the term “toxic masculinity” because women can be toxic as well.
The Oscar-winning actress said she opposes directing the term at men and boys.
“Sometimes, I think we’re hurt. We hurt our boys by calling something toxic masculinity. I do. And I don’t find putting those two words together … because women can be pretty f—ing toxic,” Streep, 69, said Wednesday.
“It’s toxic people. We have our good angles, and we have our bad ones. I think the labels are less helpful than what we’re trying to get to, which is a communication, direct, between human beings. We’re all on the boat together. We’ve got to make it work,” she said, according to InStyle.
Streep made the comments while promoting Season 2 of HBO series “Big Little Lies.”
