Greetings guys, gals, and non-binary pals and welcome back to another video!
I hope that you are well and I hope that you are fighting because there is a lot to be fighting for.
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So today I am here with the second episode of Pride Month with Kiwi,
And that is doing our standard monthly video, which is checking up on the Straights.
This time I'm doing it a bit differently, I'm not going through r/AreYouOkay on Reddit.
And I'm not going through heterocringe on Instagram.
I've done those many, many times.
I thought that I would take a different route this time.
So today I'm going through the Twitter: Hot Masculine Takes.
I found this account because Tara Mooknee tagged me in one of their tweets,
And I couldn't not make a video about them, because oh my god.... what?!
Yeah, so, it is exactly what it sounds.
It's just a bunch of like cis-het men being toxically masculine and saying really stupid sh_t and it's very very funny.
So we're gonna be looking at that to see if the Straights are okay.
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Men don't eat breakfast! We have lung cancer battles!
Breakfast? No. Men don't do breakfast.
You can't have breakfast with the bros.
Men aren't about that. Men only set their lungs on fire.
That's- That's what men do together.
No breakfast. No, no.
No, no.
That's not manly enough.
Prager U's tweets don't make any sense.
They never make any sense.
I might do a video on Prager U's Twitter because it's an absolute mess.
Let me know if you want that.
But like, what?
Firstly, what does this graph mean?
Where did they get any of this information?
Are they aware that we are the ones that created the definition of the word masculine?
We are who decided what is and isn't masculine.
And what we define as masculine now was not what was considered masculine in the past.
Like, Prager U are the same people who are like, "Skirts are feminine! High heels, dresses? Only women wear those."
"Those are feminine! Make men masculine again by not letting them wear those!"
As though like, skirts and dresses and high heels weren't initially invented for men.
Like, those things were- those were specifically for men.
Women started wearing them to be more masculine and to be more powerful so...
We have changed the definition of masculine over time.
And then they'll come back and be like, "Yeah but that was before, this is now. We want the now version of masculine." Like, that-
That's changing too.
Just like let people exist and be who they are.
Why is your masculinity threatened by how others choose to express their own masculinity?
Why are you so fragile in yourself that you care so much about what other people are doing?
Let other people live their lives.
If you don't want to be feminine, by whatever example, then don't be.
If you're not attracted to femininity, then don't be.
No one is doing things for you.
They're doing them to themselves.
No one cares what you think.
Literally, just keep it to yourself.
Just let people live their lives. It'll be so much easier if you just kept your negativity to yourself and your judgment to yourself.
You did your own thing, let other people do their own thing.
It's like, why does other people's masculinity or lack thereof threaten you so much?
Just like chill.
Chill.
This is actually just a medical warning, because did you know that if you have high testosterone levels if you touch anything pink your hand will actually fall off.
Your skin will melt.
Like if you are a man with testosterone and you touch the colour pink, your skin will melt.
So they're just giving you like a little bit of a warning, just in case you weren't aware, you know?
Uh, the higher testosterone you have, the more allergic to the colour pink you are.
So they're really just like, looking out for you, you know?
They- They don't want to get sued for like making men's hands melt, because that's what would happen, right?
That's the only reason they would put this warning on there.
Because men are allergic to the colour pink.
As a woman who is five foot seven, I can confirm all sex with me is in fact very gay.
Literally, everything said here is false.
Everything. Literally, not a single thing here is true.
Why are vegetarian and vegan men seen as less manly?
Why is it like immasculine to not consume animal products? It's so stupid.
"It's immasculine to have empathy! It is immasculine to care about the planet!"
"How dare you care about things! Disgusting."
"A little bit sus, isn't it? A little bit sus to care about things."
"You care about animals? You care about the planet? That seems very feminine to me. Very weak."
"How dare you care about things."
Why? Where? Who? What? Huh?
I don't get it but anyway, on to the points that were made here.
In terms of like, body, like making people "skinny fat" or making it difficult to build muscle, just not true.
There are plenty of vegan bodybuilders.
I personally know four, and that's all just from Auckland, in New Zealand, which is a very small country.
There are thousands of vegan bodybuilders who are very successful.
Like I say, I know some who are like award-winning bodybuilders, completely vegan.
There are many.
Chris Hemsworth, vegan.
Or at least he was.
Even when he was training to become Thor, vegan.
I thought- I thought you het men loved Thor?
I thought you all wanted to look like Thor?
I thought that was your goal?
Did you know he was vegan?
Are you gonna sit here- Are you gonna call Chris Hemsworth feminine and immasculine and "skinny fat"?
Do you want to do that?
You want to call Chris Hemsworth- I will sit here and wait for you to do it.
Go on.
Yeah? No? Okay. Didn't think so.
The next one is estrogen, and this one always gets me.
So many people say that the vegan diet is high on estrogen because soy has estrogen in it, so therefore, everyone who's vegan has high levels of estrogen.
Whether it be soy milk or tofu, there is estrogen.
So, therefore, men shouldn't be vegan "because it will give you man boobs".
I hear that a lot.
Firstly, just not true.
The thing that is in soy mimics estrogen, but it is not real estrogen.
You know what does have estrogen in it though? Like real estrogen?
Cow's milk.
Because it comes out of a female animal.
That has real hormones that it produces.
It is designed to feed baby cows.
It is full of hormones because it is an animal product.
There is real estrogen and other hormones in milk that is not in soy products.
Just like, know your facts before you say things, right?
I'm sick of these myths. These myths are stupid. They're not true. They're myths. Stop it.
Keep it-
Anyway.
It's not immasculine to care about things. Okay? Okay. Great.
Counteroffer.
She doesn't want to be a parent.
She doesn't want to be pregnant.
Either, she doesn't want it, not now, maybe one day, maybe not.
That is the decision only she can make.
Also, it's just not something people always want, even if they're on birth control.
People like being like, extra careful or just don't want to deal with it. I don't know.
Everyone has their reasons. It's not-
I mean, yeah, because they don't want your child, but like that doesn't necessarily mean they don't want it one day,
It doesn't mean you're weak, or your genetics are weir-
Just like...
What?!?
Well, yeah, you're right, I don't want to be owned by you.
I don't.
I really don't want to be owned by you, because I'm not property. I'm not an object.
I am a human being with emotions and thoughts and feeling.
I- I am a person, not something to be owned by anyone.
And I- I don't need your last name.
I will change my last name, if I ever get married, if it is to someone who has a really cool last name.
That is the only case in which I will change my last name to be my partner's last name.
And that is if they have a really cool last name.
That, or we like come up with our own name and then like you detach yourself from everywhere.
You know what I mean? I don't know, it'll be cool.
Create your own family name and then your kids also have your name, and you're the only people with that name.
I like that idea much better. More people should do that.
I don't know. I'm just putting that out there.
No one said you have to change your last name to your partner's last name.
Create your own last name.
This is your opportunity!
This is your chance to change your last name, both of you, your whole family, new name. Do it.
Take the opportunity.
You're welcome.
What?!
What is the bar for feminine?
What do we deci- How- Where are all these random things coming from that are decided are feminine and masculine?
It's the most ridiculous sh_t now.
What do you mean not finishing your food is kind of feminine?!?!
Taking home leftovers is fem- Why? How?
Please explain. I do not understand.
I need an explanation.
Please. Please. I'm waiting.
Why? I literally can't figure this one out.
Like sometimes, I can kind of play into like stereotypes and things and kind of figure it out. This one....
What?!
Okay. I think that I'm going to leave it there because it is dinner time and I am hungry.
So... My message to all these toxicly masculine men is:
Stop it.
That's...
That's my message to all of them.
I'm sure we can all agree that that is what needs to happen.
Uh, thank you so much for joining me.
I hope that you enjoyed the video.
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So, yeah. Thank you so much for coming along. I hope that you enjoyed.
I know it's a little bit different to my usual checkup on the straights, I just wanted to mix it up a little bit.
But I'll probably go back to normal next month. We shall see.
Um, let me know what other videos you want to see for Pride and I'll see if I can make it happen.
I hope that you enjoy the rest of your day.
Stay safe. Keep fighting. I love you.
*Monsters and Fairies by Savannah is playing*
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