Pretty sure I've actually seen this image used against the manosphere people more than anything, with the Andrew Tate types being depicted as Soyjaks.

The masculine thing is to treat women with respect and equality, rather than attempting to lord over them and pretend we (men) are somehow better or importanter. The latter is a sign of being insecure, not masculine.

[–] strlcpy@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Soyjaks

Which is another harmful stereotype around the manly meat-eater vs. weak 'soyboy' tropes (which also has a history in anti-Asian racism)

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Technically yes, but the irony is that soyjak is usually used to depict exactly the sort of people who'd perpertrate the soyboy trope, rather than people who'd fit the trope.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this a bit where you play a caricature of a 2010 Tumblr user? Soyjak is the name of the meme character.

[–] strlcpy@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Which is the soyboy trope:

Soyjaks are a group of internet memes that are black and white drawings depicting the soy boy stereotype,

-- Wikipedia

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And like the chad guy, we're using it to make fun of people who use it in earnest. We're not calling people soyboys and do not need to avoid the word "soyjak"