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[-] axx@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Considering how bad the influence of masculinism has become, I find it more and more discomforting to see this image used to mean good, right and proper. This feeds into the horrible standards they push and promote.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pretty sure I've actually seen this image used against the manosphere people more than anything, with the Andrew Tate types being depicted as Soyjaks.

The masculine thing is to treat women with respect and equality, rather than attempting to lord over them and pretend we (men) are somehow better or importanter. The latter is a sign of being insecure, not masculine.

[-] strlcpy@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago

Soyjaks

Which is another harmful stereotype around the manly meat-eater vs. weak 'soyboy' tropes (which also has a history in anti-Asian racism)

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Technically yes, but the irony is that soyjak is usually used to depict exactly the sort of people who'd perpertrate the soyboy trope, rather than people who'd fit the trope.

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago
[-] prole 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, and you know what else was "just a meme" for a while? Donald Trump

[-] axx@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

How is that relevant to what i'm saying?

Also, weird to assume i'm on Lemmy but wouldn't know what a meme is.

[-] ieGod@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Get off the internet. Just, get off.

[-] Hexarei@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've understood it to mean something more like "did the thing that others said I couldn't/shouldn't" rather than right or proper. Not just doing the right things, but flexing on the haters who think you couldn't.

I'm kinda with you though, it makes me uncomfortable every time

this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2026
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