How insecure can you be? Everyone was ordering beers but I didn’t feel like drinken, so I ordered tea. I guess my masculinity is in shambles right now.
Guys, drink whatever you want.
Real men forge their own path, never caring what those around them think.
“Ok, one mint tea please”
No not like that
For real. I’m 6’2 and work out 4 times a week. Even then some guys think you’re not men enough if you don’t tick all their silly boxes.ust be a miserable life.
Edit: not that I think those measurements are manly either. The only qualification for being manly is identifying as one.
Stuff like what you’ve posted about others expectations and their arbitrary boxes really exemplifies how people use gender roles to seek some sort of self validation. It’s funny how if you ask someone who cares deeply about their male identity what being a “man” is, it always conveniently aligns exactly with themselves, no need for self adjustment
Real men people forge their own path, never caring what those around them think.
“Ok, one mint tea please”
No not like that
FTFY
Sure, sorry if the tone wasn’t clear on my original post, it was made mocking people who think like that, people like the ones laughing at the tea in the first place. I personally have no interest in prescriptive gender or personhood definitions
Just do what xi Jinping did at the Two Sessions, and order a second cup.
According to Highly Credible Western Analysts™, that’s a power move.
That is the look of a man who doesn’t give a god damn fuck what any westerner thinks of him and is also about to enjoy a second cup of tea, respect
Me sitting at home with five mugs of tea, constantly making them one after another, am I also pulling a power move?
This has always been the weirdest part of this kind of toxic masculinity. Being “tough enough” to not just go along with the crowd makes you a wimpy soyboy? Real men blindly do what everyone else is doing I guess.
one big glass of soy milk, please
If you ever just want to skip a potential interaction, tell them you’re the designated driver. You also might get your nonalcoholic beverage of choice on the house.
You can also simply say, “I have to drive.” Assuming you drove yourself. I rarely drink, so I use that one a lot as well.