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My reaction to a girl calling me a “performative male”. I’m literally just a gay man
1433 upvotes, 24 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in LGBTQIA+. "My reaction to a girl calling me a “performative male”. I’m literally just a gay man"
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Anonymous 1w

Like i was wearing this before it got cool. That straight man you dated took my shit and decided to be a bad person wearing it. Don’t drag me into this

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Anonymous 1w

Literally just watched a video talking about the “weird kid Olympics” on TikTok and they made the point that we collectively pick up on a term online, and beat it to the ground until it has zero meaning. “Performative” was one of those terms

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Anonymous 1w

As disrespectful as it is, pls take it as a confidence booster, especially if you really were just trying to exist in that moment.

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Anonymous 1w

Can someone actually explain to me what a performative male is??? This is as online as I getttt

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Anonymous 1w

I’m a trans woman and idk how I’d react if I was called that. But probably become dysphoric

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Anonymous 1w

The performative male thing feels so sinister it’s almost like making fun of men who have interests and care abt women

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Anonymous 1w

i asked the yak how to make it more obvious to them that i'm gay cause i don't wanna be seen as a performative straight when im trying to be a performative gay 🙏

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Anonymous 1w

At this point just be sincere, who cares. They can call you “performative” but all they’re doing is participating in a massive trend so who’s really performative

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Anonymous 1w

What’s a performative male? 😭

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Anonymous 1w

Sis you’re a performative male

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Fr like it’s just a culture being gentrified into something “trendy”

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Like one girl was calling people on TikTok performative for sharing too much about their hobbies. Huh???

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Self expression is GONE😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

REAL. SHIT. SHORTY.

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Anonymous replying to -> sheepie 1w

More real shit

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Maybe it’s a lil different but I told oh cousins friends one time that I was just feelin’ kinda depressed, and then I hear from word of parents mouths that I was “oversharing.”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Performative males are basically men who pretend to be into things they don’t care about to get women to like them, and turn into assholes when it doesn’t work. Think the “oh sorry, I was busy reading feminist literature” type of person.

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Anonymous replying to -> sheepie 1w

No that’s exactly what it is. That’s so frustrating, I’m sorry that happened

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Anonymous replying to -> texantranny 1w

Okay that makes sense, thank you!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1w

the same thing happened when the word “simp” first gained traction. like anytime a man cares about a woman he’s ridiculed

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 1w

Idk im just a sinister type bitch

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 1w

A performative male is a man who adopts a sensitive, feminist, and trendy aesthetic solely to attract women, usually to appear harmless/progressive but isn’t a genuine reflection of their real personality

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Anonymous replying to -> #11 1w

Basically the boy version of “not like the other girls” lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 1w

Ohhh. Okay

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