• Anivia@feddit.org
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    11 hours ago

    “guys” is used as a gender neutral term by many people, so “metal guys” doesn’t necessarily refer to male metal listeners only

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      10 hours ago

      You know that’s not what “guys” is referring to in this context. You know that. Context is key.

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          10 hours ago

          It does. Of course it does. There are… clues. I understand not everyone is capable of understanding subtlety, I have a son who I suspect is also slightly on the spectrum, but the rest of us surely can tell.

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            9 hours ago

            Help me put them, what “clues” suggest this meme is meant to be sexist against men?

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              8 hours ago

              The innuendo here is that it’s a guy talking to a “hot girl”, right. And they’re talking about this metal band that she “supposedly” likes. He’s demanding that she prove it by “naming one ☝️ song” by the band. She names a song by a different band.

              Guy says “close enough” because boobies.

              🤲🤌 Plain as day.

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                5 hours ago

                I still don’t get how this implies only men gatekeep metal (or other music genres)

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                    4 hours ago

                    But in your first comment you specifically said that the first line of the image is sexist. How can the first line specifically be interpreted as sexist in any other way?