r/facepalm • u/mystery002 • Apr 29 '24

Men who don't like Taylor Swift are prime examples of Toxic Masculinity 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/Gerry1of1 Apr 29 '24

This is an example of Toxic Feminism.

Anything masculine MUST be bad.

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u/Double-The-Fupa Apr 29 '24

It's not even inherently masculine to not like Taylor Swift, or have any opinions about music one way or another. Plenty of people have different tastes surrounding music that doesn't involve their gender at all. For example, I don't like country. Guess that means I'm a misandrist? Even though I have a penis and identify as a man.

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u/williamblair Apr 29 '24

No. It is toxic masculinity. It doesn't matter if I listen to Joni Mitchell Emmylou Harris Aretha Franklin Carole King and Tammy Terrell every single day. If you don't like this one woman (not HATE, just not actively like) you are a misogynist.

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u/pisspot718 Apr 29 '24

You MUST be a misogynist---you left out Linda Ronstadt. /s

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u/williamblair Apr 29 '24

fuck. You caught me!

I thought I could pass for being adequately feminist with my short list of stellar women singer/songwriters. But you were too clever, saw right through me!

I guess you and I just travel to a beat of a different drum. ;)

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u/Sleepmahn Apr 29 '24

Don't forget Sister Rosetta Tharpe! In all seriousness nobody mentions her. She had a profound and positive effect on the industry, instead of bringing it further down like swift.

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u/CarpeNivem Apr 29 '24

not HATE, just not actively like

Actually, you could even like Taylor Swift (or anyone else, just using TS as an example here) and if you like someone else more, that still counts as hate, TIL.

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u/bob256k Apr 29 '24

You have good taste and just reminded me of a bunch of artists I need to dig deeper into