Tag: gender norms

This is a 2-panel comparison meme featuring the Cagney Carnation character from the Cuphead franchise. The top panel shows the carnation yelling aggressively with its mouth wide open, paired with text describing that society reacts negatively when a boy is quiet, not talkative, and selectively social. The bottom panel shows the same carnation looking bashful, cute, and smiling softly, paired with text describing that society reacts positively and approves when a girl is shy and barely speaks. The meme calls out the pervasive gendered double standard around reserved, less social behavior across genders.

The one double standard which irritates me the most

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This is a 2-panel comparison meme highlighting a common societal double standard regarding gendered clothing. The left panel is labeled 'SOCIETY WHEN WOMEN WEAR MEN'S CLOTHING' and features a smug yellow emoji wearing sunglasses giving a thumbs up, representing widespread social approval of women wearing masculine-coded clothing. The right panel is labeled 'SOCIETY WHEN MEN WEAR WOMEN'S CLOTHING' and features a line-drawn Wojak-style character holding his hands to his face, yelling 'Hah! Gayyyyy!', mocking the overly harsh, judgmental and unfair reaction many people have to men wearing feminine-coded clothing, calling out the hypocrisy in how gender non-conforming clothing is treated based on the wearer's gender.

Society's Double Standard For Gender Non-Conforming Clothing

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This is a classic Philosoraptor thinking dinosaur meme that poses a thought-provoking social question. The text at the top reads 'IF WE DON'T STIGMATIZE "SEX WORKERS" ANYMORE', and the text at the bottom asks 'WHY DO WE STIGMATIZE MEN USING "SEX WORKERS"?'. The meme uses the pensive, pondering Philosoraptor format to challenge the double standard of stigmatizing clients of sex work while moving away from stigmatizing sex workers themselves.

Philosoraptor ponders stigma around sex worker clients

This is a classic Philosorapt…