“Then I Realized What It Is, There’s a Man” Trend Explained

@theaureliacollins

EDIT: yall im talking abt the double standards in fan culture between women dominated spaces and men dominated spaces 😭 im not ignoring DV that’s just not what im referencing here ~~~ Funny how I’ve been told to grow out of fangirling, but never out of football 🌚 ~~~ #aureliacollins #fyp #fangirl #football #political

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@quaintfawn

EXPLANATION FOR THOSE WHO ASKED: I was anticipating some discourse to arise surrounding my RBF vs Smouldering look tiktok specifically around the skepticism that the second phrase is even a used term, so to clarify, this is a book centered account, and to those of us who read, the phrases “he had a dark expression”, “smoldering look”, “his face darkened” are very common to come across, and I noticed a distinction in the way language villanizes the emotions of women,even to the minor scale of facial expression and while a “brooding man” Is hot and desirable, and nonchalance is attractive, I thought to myself why is it when me or my friends had a neutral expression, not mad, sad or angry we’d be tagged with the term “RBF” ,so the comparison I’m drawing is the negative vs positive interpretation of male vs female expression I hope this provides some clarity Also a comment inspired me to make another clarification The comment: There is a point here somewhere, but your reasoning is wholly disingenuous, the ‘expression darkened’ and other such descriptors are common for both men and women within traditional books, few, or hardly any of them at all will ever use term ‘resting bitch face’ unironically in prose, you are comparing 2000’s internet slang with actual creative writing descriptions that have been around since the 19th century. My clarification: I’m glad you brought this up the description in the books dose not specifically suggest a gender to those descriptions but it is a larger pattern that I’ve recognized prompting me to want to bridge a discussion, and perhaps the two phrases fall in two different realms, but the message I meant to deliver is landing which is mainly the way that women’s expressions are policed, it is not by any means a clean cut comparison!!! I can admit that, and again this kind of thing can hardly be explored in a 15 second TikTok I would love to engage in a meaningful discussion with all of you And thank you to this user for a valid observation -Writer puddle ✨⛲️

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