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The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online
The Conversation ^ | November 19, 2025 | Jillian Sunderland

Posted on 11/20/2025 5:28:56 AM PST by Red Badger

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To: wafflehouse

I would not have one even if I had hair................


21 posted on 11/20/2025 6:22:46 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dfwgator
“Just mention Modern Art, civil rights or folk music and you’re in like Flynn”

22 posted on 11/20/2025 6:23:12 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: dfwgator

A classic!


23 posted on 11/20/2025 6:23:44 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: T.B. Yoits

I’m grateful the clowns are encouraged to wear their costumes which makes it easier to recognize them at a distance.


24 posted on 11/20/2025 6:24:26 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: SharpRightTurn

25 posted on 11/20/2025 6:24:31 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: wafflehouse

The only man that should have a man-bun is Toshiro Mifune.


26 posted on 11/20/2025 6:25:21 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: philman_36

“I used to touch Fawn this way.”

“I know, she told me.”

“She did?”


27 posted on 11/20/2025 6:27:20 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Red Badger
The Four Seasons - Working My Way Back To You
28 posted on 11/20/2025 6:32:07 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: SharpRightTurn

Adam Corolla calls these men on their “deep leg cross” while seated. Extra points awarded for flashy socks that clash with their pants.


29 posted on 11/20/2025 6:35:46 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: SharpRightTurn

In our modern low-T world, they’re not going away:

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/18/archives/homosexuality-linked-to-hormone-level.html


30 posted on 11/20/2025 6:36:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: philman_36

https://youtu.be/JMyRACgn4ZI?si=-cRmKdvrnO1OgXFu


31 posted on 11/20/2025 6:37:20 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Red Badger

R. W. Emerson says that man is only half himself; the other half is his expression.


32 posted on 11/20/2025 6:46:09 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: Red Badger

These “men” make Alan Alda and Phil Donahue look like Conan the Barbarian.


33 posted on 11/20/2025 6:52:29 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Red Badger

LOL!

A picture is indeed worth a thousand words.


34 posted on 11/20/2025 6:52:53 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: dfwgator

As usual, the truth behind the humor makes this absolutely hilarious 😆! Well done - FR needs more!


35 posted on 11/20/2025 6:56:29 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: dfwgator

LOL! (again) ... That’s been floating around the internet since Algore invented it. It’s still funny ... and I’m glad it hasn’t been lost.


36 posted on 11/20/2025 6:57:51 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: dfwgator; Red Badger

37 posted on 11/20/2025 7:25:21 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: dfwgator

:) That was funny.


38 posted on 11/20/2025 7:38:49 AM PST by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Red Badger

CCP controlled TikTok using its algorithms to steer American males to feminizing memes.

I would just kill TikTok.

Everyone making money as some kind of personality on TikTok has a variety of other social media venues they can move their online presence to - Facebook, Instagram, X and others.


39 posted on 11/20/2025 7:38:58 AM PST by Wuli ( )
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To: dfwgator

That was great!


40 posted on 11/20/2025 8:42:18 AM PST by ebshumidors ( !)
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