What differentiates toxic masculinity from excessive self esteem? Most of the behaviors attributed as toxic and or fragile masculinity overlap with excessive self esteem and egoism.
You yourself answer this question: personality traits overlap. Seemingly excessive self esteem and egoism can cover a weak self-esteem. Those who critisize others may not stand any critic themselves.
Editors and reviewers are no better, and spew vitriol on newer vistas that hold fear and canonical antagonism.
Self-singeing criticism and self-correction is unknown to the human species. We borrow oxygen and water from NATURE to survive. Where is the scope for self-narcissim.
RG was requested / instructed by BMJ to not allow me to upload my 1996 article pdf on this issue.