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Is there a culture of toxic masculinity (or in general, toxic superiority) at Young Composers Forum? I think this is a pertinent question given some recent exchanges in the forums. Namely, the insistence that in order to have a valid opinion one must "show your work" or "prove your point using empirical evidence". That kind of reasoning is understandable if one is trying to publish a peer reviewed article in some sort of musicological journal where the scientific method is a must. But here? Whatever happened to just having an opinion based on what you believe to be right and agreeing to disagree? Recent topics seem to degenerate to proving your point right beyond a doubt and if you can't then you're not a man and you're not right. It's a competition where each party resorts to basically yelling at each other "I'm more right than you are!" (metaphorically of course). Thoughts?