WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
Women frequent crystal shops = a Brandian attempt at a pulling tip
I meant this half seriously if for no other reason than media saturation. there could be a more banal, quotidian manefestion of politics now than then. More normal and functioning people whose entire inner worlds revolve around it. Obv the 60s had that too but maybe less of these people? Every third grocery clerk now has the rigor and passion of the student activist. There also seems to be a pride now in 'having a take' where perhaps in the 60s polite society still considered political talk indecent. This is all a hunch thoughNah, I think they were too busy supporting civil rights or protesting the Vietnam war to get involved with politics.
I'd read the hell out of that."Source: Craner's novel."
"Source: Gus's novel"Brett pulled his tank top up over his head and stared at himself in the full-length mirror. He pushed down his jeans, then his boxers, and imagined the moment when Jennifer saw him nude for the first time. His feet were average-sized, and there was hair on his toes that he should probably take care of before tonight. He liked his legs just fine, but his thighs were wide and embarrassingly muscular. He tried standing at an angle, a twist at his waist. Some improvement. In that position, it was easier to see his ass and notice that it was not as pert as it had been at 22. He clenched both cheeks, hoping that tightened its look. He sucked in his tummy and pulled his pecs up high, trying to present them like pastries in a bakery window. Would she like him? Were the goods good enough? He pouted his lips and ran his hands over his thighs, masking their expanse. Maybe.
"We were talking the other day about how he’s the only straight guy I vibed with and how it’s funny because he is far from following the rules of patriarchal heteronormative gender roles."
Why is that 'funny'? Makes complete sense that the only straight guy she would "vibe with" would be the one who behaves the least like a straight guy, given the way she's discussing this stuff.
But she didn't go for a patriarchal trad that's the point. Maybe she did in the past, but she just made a post praising her femboyfriend. And yes, many people do find it unusual that straight femboys exist at all. That is because the patriarchy represses feminine culture, a point I have repeatedly made which everyone else ignored like they always do. But I do agree with you that many women who normally go for trads would prefer femboys if they knew femboys were an option or knew what it was like to date one!She phrased it like it was surprising or unusual to her that the guy she went for didn't conform to "patriarchal heteronormative gender roles" but it's blatantly obvious that's who she would go for based on the way she talks about masculinity.
Appearance is not a good way to judge whether or not someone promotes and contributes to feminine culture. You're right: plenty of feminine looking men perform all sorts of bad masculine behaviors, that's true just like plenty of trad women perform bad masculine behaviors. I myself look only slightly more flamboyant that the average straight man, but what matters is that I actively affirm and contribute to feminine culture. Don't be so superficial. Look at you judging men entirely off their fashion choices, look at your toxic femininity. Everyone on this board does Mean Girl Regina George type politicking constantly. She specifically said the guys is sensitive and promotes non-toxic masculinity.100% of straight men who wear crop tops that ive known are all as toxically masculine as the average frat boy and have multuple sexual assault allegations against them
She spends more time talking about his crop top and joining burlesque than she does his sensitivites. His sensitivities are given a quick aside truncated with an 'also.'Appearance is not a good way to judge whether or not someone promotes and contributes to feminine culture. You're right: plenty of feminine looking men perform all sorts of bad masculine behaviors, that's true just like plenty of trad women perform bad masculine behaviors. I myself look only slightly more flamboyant that the average straight man, but what matters is that I actively affirm and contribute to feminine culture. Don't be so superficial. Look at you judging men entirely off their fashion choices, look at your toxic femininity. Everyone on this board does Mean Girl Regina George type politicking constantly. She specifically said the guys is sensitive and promotes non-toxic masculinity.
Sexual selection commonsensically prioritises partners with more of the skills you don't have yourself so that the partnership is overall more able. This is how biological sex differentiation evolved in the first place: specialisation enabled by the sex differentiation that also compensates for it.That twitter post has a truth I don't see much mentioned "I know that a lot of women pursue and prefer men who embody the truncated human expression of compliance with restrictive gender roles." - women are just as responsible for "patriarchy"/"toxic masculinity" by enforcing this through sexual selection - then again, if women are the people enforcing it, what does that mean?