“Oh look at this guy reading a BOOK at the cafe, he must think he’s sooooo cool! I get he thinks a woman will sleep with him cuz he’s so smart and cultured.”
Or maybe my roommate is having their partner over and they kicked me out and I’d rather do this than just be on my fucking phone for two hours?
The performative male thing is further social conditioning for fascism, like tradwives were, its purpose is to pressure men into becoming more stereotypically masculine again, by equating men who change themselves for the sake of female affection (or you know just have feminized hobbies) with social predators.
Fr I had a friend give me shit for reading Bell Hooks saying it was part of the performative male stereotype. Sorry I’m not gonna stop being a feminist because some people pretend at it for attention or whatever. it’s good shit and we should be encouraging people to dive into works like these and step away from toxic masculine thinking
Which is funny, because i’m built like one of those “masculine men”, and i’m an outspoken communist that fights for the rights of everyone.