Drinking Beer! Fixing stuff! Destroying stuff! Drinking beer while destroying stuff! These are the things that make real men what they are...right? Well no, obviously. But that doesn't stop people - and brands in particular - having some pretty warped ideas about what exactly it means to be a man. Check out this list compiled by Bored Panda to see what we mean. People have been using the hashtags #FRAGILEMASCULINITY and #Masculinitysofragile to highlight how absurd traditional perceptions of masculinity can be, and it's sure to make you smile. Unless you're too manly to smile that is. Grr.
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My friend constantly tells me I need to stand up for myself more, but also constantly mocks me when I am being confident. He says it's "just a joke," but I insist it is "just super annoying and you should stop"
I don't know any men like that in real life...especially on the cooking bit.
you don't mix your cleaning products with your food. In case of spills.
Well me father told me that umbrellas were for gays and women, and it took me like 16 years until I realized that was b******t. Be tolerant, you don't know the background of these guys.
And that diamond plate background. Diamond plate makes anything manly.
Singing makes him uncomfortable, but dudes walking around with their d***s out is ok.
Well considering that is his brand name that stems from his original blog, I give this a meh.
Yeah...... except this is kind of a play on that concept? Like... this is trying to help men to get to their feelings? And tell them it's okay to feel?? Because society thinks feelings are for women? So... yeah, no.
the 80's man, we all used the same eyeliner and hairspray. no testosterone was damaged.
I always wash with Johnson's baby wash, it's not gender specific and you can get away with just about anything who doesn't like how babies smell
I don't... I don't think this happens, at least not for the reason it's assuming.
Everybody looked at me weird when I bought a hairbrush to brush my longish hair to school. I don't understand why masculinity is so fragile. I'm apparently gay because I show lotsa feelings, compliment my friends, act kind to people, not have 50000000 social media accounts, share a lot, and have long hair. Why did men and young adults change so horribly?
I'M SORRY did you just say that LIFETIME MOVIES are part of the list of "best things in life"? NO, f**k off. I have better things to watch, like almost anything else.
Soo.... the lasagna dishes are now projects. Clean the projects faster dude. :)
Because the size of the body wash you purchase directly relates to the size of your dangling manhood.
Gee...how dare men want stylish, unique clothes! (I am assuming that, like a boutique, the styles are a bit more unique than what you'd find at a store like Kohls or JC Penny, and I have yet to see a boutique that has any selection for men)
Some of those manly patterns look a little girly. Men, use at your own risk!;)
Or pickles. I've had guys actually throw burgers back at me because they had pickles on it. They often yelled s**t like "Do I look like a pregnant woman to you?"
When I was a kid eating Happy Meals at McDonald's, the "boy" version of the toy was a Hot Wheels car and the "girl" version was a little Barbie doll. I had no problem being a girl, but I was a boy every time I ate one of those Happy Meals and it still bothers me they couldn't ask "car or doll?" or "Hot Wheels or Barbie?" instead of "is this for a girl or a boy?".
Sometimes its nice to just feel like a manly man. Eating meat off the bone, smelling like sweat and hard work. Not that any of those things are specific to being a man, but it does help us feel manlier. There is nothing wrong with marketing towards a certain group. These products are trying to capitalize on people wanting to feel manly. There is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel and look like a man, even if it is nothing more than a name on a package.
I think it becomes funny when a man doesn't allow himself to buy, express or do something because it is labelled like "feminine". Which is, by the same way, sad for them.
Load More Replies...I'm all about enjoying being feminine or masculine, but it is funny when marketers use it. Like when they make woman's razors pink and men's razors camo.
I bought a cameo razor once. Took me an hour every morning to find it.
Load More Replies...My husband fell deep into this abyss when he was trying to tell me what kind of vitamins he took saying, "I think these are for adults. No, wait, they are for men." I was laughing so hard I couldn't even explain why what he said was appropriate!!
Sometimes its nice to just feel like a manly man. Eating meat off the bone, smelling like sweat and hard work. Not that any of those things are specific to being a man, but it does help us feel manlier. There is nothing wrong with marketing towards a certain group. These products are trying to capitalize on people wanting to feel manly. There is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel and look like a man, even if it is nothing more than a name on a package.
I think it becomes funny when a man doesn't allow himself to buy, express or do something because it is labelled like "feminine". Which is, by the same way, sad for them.
Load More Replies...I'm all about enjoying being feminine or masculine, but it is funny when marketers use it. Like when they make woman's razors pink and men's razors camo.
I bought a cameo razor once. Took me an hour every morning to find it.
Load More Replies...My husband fell deep into this abyss when he was trying to tell me what kind of vitamins he took saying, "I think these are for adults. No, wait, they are for men." I was laughing so hard I couldn't even explain why what he said was appropriate!!