“Blue for boys and pink for girls” is social construct at its finest. Earlier this week, folks took to Twitter to challenge masculine stereotypes with #masculinitysofragile to point out the silliness of behaviors associated with men. To be clear, Masculinity does not actually refer to men… but to roles, stereotypes and characteristics associated with them.
Here’s a ROUNDUP of some of the best tweets:
#MasculinitySoFragile you have to clarify your heterosexuality every single time you compliment another man
— marcussimmonscc (@marcussimmonscc) September 23, 2015
#MasculinitySoFragile that it's more important to teach women to reject men politely than it is to teach men to accept rejection peacefully
— @Jamilahlemieux on Threads (@JamilahLemieux) September 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/MealatWorku/status/630407779912708096
#MasculinitySoFragile because men are really questioning their sexuality over the color of an iPhone..
— pure/HONEY stan (@theetsmammy) September 23, 2015
#MasculinitySoFragile it created "no homo" cos heteropatriarchy says affection is homosexual and homosexuality is bad pic.twitter.com/MbAqrVFRcr
— Gugulethu Mhlungu | Gogo Mpendulo (@GugsM) September 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/THECAROLDANVERS/status/646584422158999552
https://twitter.com/tyriquex/status/646625707553071104
#MasculinitySoFragile men think kissing their son will turn them gay.
— Cowboy Jones 🤠 (@branfire) September 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/RantingOwl/status/646660748849074176
https://twitter.com/TheNewThinker/status/646692311959601156
Straight men being afraid of gay men harassing/assaulting them because it's the same thing they do to women. #MasculinitySoFragile
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) September 23, 2015
#MasculinitySoFragile that you won't stretch cause it's gay, won't sing cause it's gay, won't play with a puppy, can't eat a cupcake…
— Danez (@Danez_Smif) September 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/BlackBaddies/status/646738084323704832
https://twitter.com/ILLCapitano94/status/646782642432552960
#MasculinitySoFragile it crumbles at its mention in a hashtag.
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) September 23, 2015
Men: men can take polite rejection. Women: not always, in my experience Men: don't nobody care about your experience #MasculinitySoFragile
— @Jamilahlemieux on Threads (@JamilahLemieux) September 23, 2015
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