Yet, being cis is part of the joke, right? You could have just as easily included trans men with overly masculine behaviour into this without changing the punchline So why are the men laughed at cis in particular? What you say is akin to “Yeah, but the joke isn’t racist, I didn’t joke about all the blacks! Just about the insecure blacks! That’s not racist!”
The way I interpret the message of this meme is that being a trans man against all odds is way more impressive and cooler than any toxic masculinity ever will be. I don’t see why this would be a joke against cis people. I see the “cis male” here only as an insert to hammer home the “white MAGA alpha male” stereotype. Maybe the meme could have been phrased better in order to keep the term “cis male” out. But then again it’s just a meme…
Yet, being cis is part of the joke, right? You could have just as easily included trans men with overly masculine behaviour into this without changing the punchline So why are the men laughed at cis in particular? What you say is akin to “Yeah, but the joke isn’t racist, I didn’t joke about all the blacks! Just about the insecure blacks! That’s not racist!”
The way I interpret the message of this meme is that being a trans man against all odds is way more impressive and cooler than any toxic masculinity ever will be. I don’t see why this would be a joke against cis people. I see the “cis male” here only as an insert to hammer home the “white MAGA alpha male” stereotype. Maybe the meme could have been phrased better in order to keep the term “cis male” out. But then again it’s just a meme…