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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was reading it as a lesbian coming out story

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Saying "it's men" implies men are at fault for her not liking men. Saying it's women would imply she is attracted to women

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But “it’s men” is kind of a pun on “it’s me”, which is the original trope this is referencing. Doesn’t really work with “it’s women”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

While true, the pun still implies

men are at fault for her not liking men. Saying it's women would imply she is attracted to women

And tbf, that's such a common trope of a joke I wouldn't be surprised if it was the intentional implication by the author. My question, for everyone who uses that hack joke, is "does that mean you think being gay is a choice?"

It is a good pun though, this is probably one of the better executions of that trope I've seen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

That comic sure would have benefitted from a second panel

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I take it as a way to bring attention to the topic for some more nuanced discussion to flow. I don't think the artist was trying to be sexist when making this.

idk that's just my interpretation though

edit: Here's another example that might get the double meaning across better

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Me when my first crush said she's gay

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As long as both sexes see one another as vectors of acquisition (what do I get?!) and not people to connect with, it'll keep getting worse.

I'm of the opinion that it, like most core social constructs in modernity, have been poisoned by capitalism and the glorification of avarice that comes with it, when those infected with avarice should have their society pelting rotten produce at them. A romantic partnership is supposed to be a commune of love and cooperation, not a good girl "marrying up," not a good boy acquiring a "trophy."

As long as we keep looking at each other through the prism of material gain and ambition and greed instead of love and intimate connection, few will be happy, whether alone or in a business partnership with a spouse that's abandoned the millisecond "for worse" aka life inevitably arrives.