Acrylic and Oil on heart shaped canvas 10”
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This piece builds on my previous work about dating and gender dynamics.
Why do men post fish pictures on their tinder profiles?
When I asked this in a previous piece, men responded. The reason is that they feel insecure taking selfies or asking their friends to take pictures without a security item, such as a fish is because they’d be made fun of.
Why?
The logic seems to go that taking selfies and wanting to feel cute is gay and for women. Men are supposed to be stoic alpha males and must express themselves through their macho interests. Women are known for being vain and taking selfies, probably because society encourages women to view beauty (not their mind or interests) as their most valuable asset.
When you view women as objects, love becomes a hunt. The ring, a lure to the trap. In traditional marriage, women supply beauty and labour in exchange for protection and stability. This fantasy creates a dynamic where a woman is economically dependent on a man’s attraction to her. These days, women can own their own bank accounts and get their own jobs, so women’s options are far less limited. Many women are appalled by the rise in misogyny and have been decentering and distancing themselves from men. At the same time, men are not getting the social connection they long for, and it leaves them vulnerable to the brigades of red pill alphas selling them hatred of women as a solution. Blaming the isolation and loneliness they feel on women when the real culprit is the patriarchy, something that hurts everyone, not just women.
If something as mundane as taking a selfie makes you feel “like a woman,” and women are somehow to blame for your self inflicted loneliness: womp womp. Go be with your fish then.
Acrylic and Oil on heart shaped canvas 10”
🐟💍🩷
This piece builds on my previous work about dating and gender dynamics.
Why do men post fish pictures on their tinder profiles?
When I asked this in a previous piece, men responded. The reason is that they feel insecure taking selfies or asking their friends to take pictures without a security item, such as a fish is because they’d be made fun of.
Why?
The logic seems to go that taking selfies and wanting to feel cute is gay and for women. Men are supposed to be stoic alpha males and must express themselves through their macho interests. Women are known for being vain and taking selfies, probably because society encourages women to view beauty (not their mind or interests) as their most valuable asset.
When you view women as objects, love becomes a hunt. The ring, a lure to the trap. In traditional marriage, women supply beauty and labour in exchange for protection and stability. This fantasy creates a dynamic where a woman is economically dependent on a man’s attraction to her. These days, women can own their own bank accounts and get their own jobs, so women’s options are far less limited. Many women are appalled by the rise in misogyny and have been decentering and distancing themselves from men. At the same time, men are not getting the social connection they long for, and it leaves them vulnerable to the brigades of red pill alphas selling them hatred of women as a solution. Blaming the isolation and loneliness they feel on women when the real culprit is the patriarchy, something that hurts everyone, not just women.
If something as mundane as taking a selfie makes you feel “like a woman,” and women are somehow to blame for your self inflicted loneliness: womp womp. Go be with your fish then.
