oh, yeah, absolutely. you can just move into modern asian media and see the standard for masculinity shift. a korean male lead meant to be the romantic interest will be in a pink suit and clearly be wearing makeup. toned body but otherwise soft-looking features we’d see incels here claiming were clearly feminine. its a stark contrast to what we see as masculine in the west. or in a historical chinese drama you might see a man who is meant to be heroic in pastel, flower print hanfu with a really fancy pin in his hair in the shape of a butterfly or something.
Let’s be honest, 90% of masculine hobbies are a thin veneer of bigotry over the gayest shit you’ve seen
Ancient Greece
they were just openly gay because the idea of “gayness” as we know it did not exist for them
It’s almost like masculine standards as a whole are cultural…
oh, yeah, absolutely. you can just move into modern asian media and see the standard for masculinity shift. a korean male lead meant to be the romantic interest will be in a pink suit and clearly be wearing makeup. toned body but otherwise soft-looking features we’d see incels here claiming were clearly feminine. its a stark contrast to what we see as masculine in the west. or in a historical chinese drama you might see a man who is meant to be heroic in pastel, flower print hanfu with a really fancy pin in his hair in the shape of a butterfly or something.