Narcissism Toxic culture comes from violence, movies, music, and video games. It is a break down of hegemonic cultural values. Toxic culture does not provide moral sensitvity and the only way to have social control within this culture is through surveillance.
Toxic culture is a critique of postmodernity .
Narcissism in society is on the rise and it is being mainstreamed through literature, films, and music of today's culture. Causes of a narcissistic society are the fascinations with media culture, celebrity culture, psychology, and the physical aspects of the body. Perversity Desensitization Perversity is the condition of deviating from what is considered, by society, to be good or right. Perverse actions are considered to be improper, wrong, corrupt, wicked, and misdirected. Sexual actions and images dealing with the body are in direct relation to the idea of perversity.