My little brother is the most horrifically toxically masculine dickhead I know. Every man, cis or trans, has the capacity to think with the wrong head, and he does it just as much as you'd expect from any guy his age.

(Our dad's a massive dickwad too, but usually not in misogynistic or toxically masculine ways, he's just a crappy person, in ways that would be exactly the same if he was a woman.)

I think trans men can often be worse for this than a lot of cis guys, cause they feel like they've got something to prove - I know my fluidity can make me try to compete with cis men in stupid masculinity contests sometimes (though usually this happens when I'm shifted feminine, actually - as a guy I don't care, it's easier to avoid crying and emotion if I don't do dangerous shit I could get hurt at just because the other guys are doing it, but as a girl I get a thrill out of beating the boys at some traditionally masculine task despite being not just a woman, but probably wearing something pink and a skirt that day - my dad can say to my brother "a real man could do this" in front of me in a cute sundress, and I'll go over there and do the damn task to shut them up).

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