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detecting misogyny in casual music preferences, very normal
A social media post featuring two images of Taylor Swift at the top, with a lengthy Instagram caption below detailing an interaction with a coworker who dismissed Taylor Swift's music. The poster describes experiencing hurt and detecting misogyny in the coworker's response, then recounts how they masked their feelings while defending the artist.
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nikivincentia 19h
Me @ my cis guy coworker: "Did you like Taylor Swift's new album?"
Him, with a smile: "I don't really listen to Taylor Swift"
Men will smile at you because they're proud of their toxic masculinity and in that moment I felt a glimmer of misogyny, along with hurt because I love her
To mask how I felt, I said "oh no that's totally fine, I don't expect everyone to love her. I think her new album is really good though and I love her" and lifted myself up in doing so