#emasculation of men

[prussianbluevelvet]

Still seeing feminists in 2023 claiming that ‘emasculation isn’t real’ and it’s still baffling me.

How can you look at the lived realities of Asian and Jewish men and think “yeah these men totally aren’t emasculated and viewed as lesser males or less masculine than white men and it’s totally not dehumanising or racist or anything 😌” like. Racism against MOC doesn’t always look like portraying them as aggressive or dangerous, it can also look like viewing certain types of minority men as ‘failed’ men and ‘lacking real manhood’ as a dehumanising tactic. Myths about Jewish men previously portrayed them as having periods and being ‘basically women’. Asian men are fetishised and stripped of their manhood frequently by K-pop stans and people online who don’t realise that masculinity and gender roles look slightly different in non-western cultures.

Also… trans men. Who are FORCEFULLY emasculated and feminised against their will, by genocidal bigoted conservatives, and sometimes even somewhat by other queer people telling them to ‘tone down’ their non-toxic masculinity to avoid making others uncomfortable, making themselves dysphoric and detached from their gender identities to remain palatable.

What about disabled men? Are they not also viewed as failing to achieve proper manhood? Are they not also emasculated and viewed as ‘un-male’ or ‘less male’?

Minority men absolutely can and do experience emasculation. And it’s not ‘toxic’ or misogynistic to bring it up. Feminists who care about POC in particular should not be pretending otherwise.

[sillytalia]

am i the only one who finds yao in the new au chapters incredibly trans coded?? i am well aware that "when i grow up i will have everything that i don't have now" is in reference to china's economic growth within the past few decades but...does that also come with estrogen and serving cunt 24/7 or what?? like this is a straight up transition 😭

[theonescreencap]

i'm not embarrassed to admit that like half the reason i got into one piece is because i'm aroace and i'd heard that luffy is (arguably, sort of, word of god) aroace, and i love the hc but i'm also happy that it has so much basis in canon & stuff oda has said. it feels like an intrinsic part of him and it's always depicted as a positive trait! something that makes luffy himself and it's a good thing

like, protagonists never get to be aro or ace unless the story revolves around them discovering their identity. it's really nice to have a character so full of life who knows so clearly who he is, who also knows that dating/romance/etc is not part of it at all. one piece has its misogyny issues but i get to watch it knowing that luffy is never gonna "get the girl" as a prize for anything and that his relationships with like robin and nami especially will stay platonic and important without having to become something "more"

his lack of interest isn't a tragedy because he doesn't give a shit what other people think of him, and even when it is part of a gag (like in amazon lily) the humor isn't coming from making fun of luffy for not experiencing attraction. he's not broken he's immune and i think that's so fucking based and funny. and the whole story is about friendship and found family because that's what's important to him! the aroace hc feels so correct to me and i'm so happy that one of the most popular manga characters ever is such blatant arguable rep

[genderkoolaid]

i understand the motive behind statements like "real men wear pink!" and what they are trying to do but consider this: reifying the idea of real vs fake manhood sucks actually. we should not perpetuate the idea of manhood as a test of honour that you can fail & that failing is bad. thats patriarchy 101 babe

[unh0lyvenom]

louis de pointe du lac, the depressed icon that you are

bonus sopping wet kitten, also referred to as the vampire lestat

[shoot-i-messed-up]

…ngl the Ilana & Rick dynamic was more interesting before they fucked

[langernameohnebedeutung]

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[aliusfrater]

the thing about supernatural is that it's patriarchy porn

[lesbianlenas]

people would rather vote for a convicted felon rapist wannabe fascist dictator with no concept of material reality and who bases his policies off of his personal delusions and bigotry over a woman. just a regular qualified woman. let that sink in!

[bonyassfish]

there's something to be said in how deeply Israel presents the gender dynamics of its soldiers ("look at how strong and masculine our soldiers are, they protect us"/"look at how beautiful and feminine our soldiers are, they would never hurt anybody") and an insecurity about how jews are perceived vis-a-vis gender, esp in the western world/europe. much to ponder...

[tench]

It's like second boyfriend the game is accusing me of having. And you know what? I refuse to be threatened with a good time. I have two big hands, let's see how many I'll be able to fit in those.

Especially when the game is *makes a vague gesture* this:

[onewomancitadel]

You spend so long on Tumblr you forget the average opinion online is that cunnilingus is gross and demeaning. I never even thought the opposite position, or at least its neutral answer, was at all notable until I was disabused otherwise with my pet misogynists on AO3. None of you people are having sex properly

[honeybadger-hibachi]

Ooh, here's a spicy take:

There's nothing wrong with a woman proposing to her man. It's better if the man does it, sure, but that's just because it's more romantic. If a lady wants to propose, let her

[pynkhues]

Not a baiting ask: I don’t recall any of the characters dressing more androgynously as the books went on, save Gabrielle? There are passages of Louis and Lestat wearing lace, pearls and velvet frock coats in the modern day, in reference to 18th c. fashion: Is that what the other Anon may have meant? That’s not an androgynous sartorial choice with historical costuming in mind, though, it’s Louis dressing in the fashion of his human era. (Perhaps there is a misconception from a passage in which Louis wears lace and pearls at Armand’s urging, or someone sharing such passages with intent to mislead other fans about the canonicity of Femme Louis or Femme Lestat beyond Anne’s personal identification with them, which has happened before and will happen again.) In the show, Louis dressing in lace, pearl and velvet would be Louis dressing in a colourful three piece suit in the style of the 1910’s.

(x)

Ah! Thank you for the correction, anon, I didn't remember any either, but I'm hyper-conscious of only having read through Memnoch (and having read most of the books I have quite a while ago, although I've been re-reading TVL recently) so I chose to take the ask in good faith and assume perhaps something happened in later books. That could very well be what the anon meant, but perhaps you're right too that there are scenes being taken out of context.

[gay-jewish-bucky]

is fandom "heterosexualizing" that mlm ship, or do you have a very narrow view of "acceptable" forms of gender expression for men, so much so that you erase countless real queer couples whose relationships are identical to that depiction, because they aren't subversive enough for your internalized homophobia to tolerate?

[ltc-henry-blake]

Straight cis male went to a coffee shop and ordered something other than a black coffee. All the baristas pointed and laughed at him. They drug him out in the street to be mocked and ridiculed. "You're not a real man!" the villagers cried. Many such cases.