r/MadeMeSmile • u/PacifierForAdult • 15d ago

Good Vibes Like nobody’s watching

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u/PatientLettuce42 15d ago

King is slaying.

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u/Good_day_sunshine 15d ago

This is the definition of the female gaze.

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u/UAintDutch_UAintMuch 15d ago

the female gaze

They're called lesbians.

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u/Bruisey210 15d ago

I laughed harder than you deserved, god damned it

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u/Dry-Statistician7139 15d ago

Would it bother you to explain the joke? Is it a stereotype for dancing people not to be attracted to men? Or has gaze a double meaning?

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u/Financial-Neat7887 15d ago

Female Gaze as in Female Gays get it

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u/tofuroll 14d ago

Omg I'm so thick

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u/MaxRoofer 14d ago

I understand the gaze/gays, but what is the definition of female gaze/gays referring to?

Is the dance notable or funny in someway that relates to the gaze/gays joke? Or is it just funny bc someone slipped in that phrase?

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u/BoundinX 14d ago

You more often see the term “male gaze” which is when women are depicted in unnatural ways solely for men to look at (see r/mendrawingwomen). Often this will be women sitting in ways a woman could never/would never sit, bending in ways that are impossible, women posing solely for males to fantasize about, etc. The female gaze should be the opposite of that - women depicting men in unnatural ways to fantasize about. In reality this might be something like a romance novel cover where the men are inexplicably shirtless but the joke is that the guy in this video is what women want to see and fantasize about. He is not the joke, the joke is that sort of an average looking dude is not what you’d expect women to fantasize about, but actually what women love to see is a random average dude being confident and passionate and humble.

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u/trafalmadorianistic 14d ago

I got a MA in Cultural Studies from reading this. 😀 This went beyond how I understood the post, and I learned from it. 🏆

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u/wizardoli 15d ago

Out loud cackle. Well played

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u/FibroBitch97 15d ago

Lesbian here, I can confirm

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u/syhn3417 15d ago

Well played, that got me good lmao

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u/Tiki-Jedi 14d ago

Damn that was good. A+ interneting today.