Plant growing is gendered now?
All the cishet men I’ve known who have had gardens grew all kinds of stuff, from fruits and vegetables to culinary herbs and flowers.
Maybe I’m in a bubble but damn I feel sorry for the dudes in the OP.
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2025
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Yeah this is weirdly sexist. I only know one person this describes because he's growing weed (legally) in an apartment so he can't have a outdoor garden
Hell, I know over a dozen men with gardens and only two even grow peppers. Everyone grows tomatoes, though..
Fresh tomatoes out of your own greenhouse are amazing, that's why
My old coworker told me he had only ever eaten the transparent slices of flavorlessness fast food restaurants call tomatoes until he moved from the slums to a rural town and had a fresh one. It blew his mind so much he went on to spend 15 years as a chef.
My dad's been growing tomatoes my whole life so I've been spoiled
I grew up somewhat poor, small town with no fast food, post-soviet nation. We had a garden and a greenhouse. I was a teen when I found out how flavourless tomatoes can be. Because we'd always grown our own and didn't use them as much in the winter when they needed to be bought from the store lol
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yes. everything is gendered for gender warriors.
i'm cishet and i have a garden and most women i date think it means I'm secretly gay. the cat doesn't help.
gardening is considered feminine, or for old people. not for younger men who are supposed to be virile and dominant. they should be hunting.
That’s wild, I’m sorry you gotta deal with that.
Survival skills + demonstrated empathy/care with other living beings are positives for any person. Hopefully you find someone who appreciates that. /gen
Weird. Have they seen how much you can provide from a garden?
Also, having a garden doesn't preclude one from hunting... whatever that means in the modern era. You can only eat so much meat.
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Seriously. Who could talk shit on local wildflowers? I'm feeding bees up in this B.
Same, I don't know any dudes into gardening that care about that shit. One of them does grow peppers, but it's because he likes peppers, not because he's worried growing other stuff (which he also does) will make him look like a pussy.
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Who does this ? This looks like ragebait
Maybe it's the same men that don't wash their ass cuz that's gay.
/s maybe
/s maybe
Well done; that gave me a chuckle....
Its not gay if it your own soapy fingers right....right guys....oh fuck maybe I'm gay. No I can't be, I hate the gays!!!!
- some closeted jock probably.
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Cacti and carnivorous plants are super cool tho??? Especially that you get cacti cuz of how resilient they are, a great first plant, can recommend. And growing your own food/spices as well? Also Ive never seen that stereotype lmao
Yeah it's kinda weird. As if anyone is growing weed because it's manly and not because it's awesome
Wtf lol? This is completely made up
Fellas, is it gay to participate in agrigulture?
Its confirmed, every farmer secretly has a boywife
Plowing them fields is hard work.
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I don't even understand this. I haven't heard anyone even in the alt-right say growing plants was gay
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This is some poor bull shit... when did growing anything make anyone fragile?... get outta here with your bs. Do you just go around trying to start shit?
Why would you make up something like that? Maybe its your own masculinity that is fragile?
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What a bullshit.
I'll be honest, I've never come across this.
I've known people who aren't too keen on growing flowers, if only because it takes up space where they could be growing something more productive.
Which is too bad, because including flowers in your garden (even if it's only in the form of bolted vegetables) helps attract critters that will pollinate your "productive" plants as well as those that will help protect them from pest infestations. A balanced ecosystem lifts all boats, to mix my metaphors.
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Eh funny but untrue. The dudes I know who are plant people grow anything cool. Ive got a lot of weird and cool plants.
I do grow the super hot peppers, and i like feeding ticks to my carnivorous plants tho. So its not far off.
I also grow tomatoes, eggplants, garlic, cuces, squash, etc.
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I like flowers and tomatoes 😎
E: and pumpkins. Frankly this comic is just to generate anger, all the men I know with green thumbs grew all kinds of healthy and fun plants that everyone enjoyed.
I wanted a house so I could grow the first three.
Am currently stuck in in law's house, with collapsing job market after being denied a mortgage for being too fat 3 months before the job market collapsed.
Denied a mortgage for being too fat...?
Yep. Based on age and mortgage length, and beurocracy they said I had to take out a life insurance policy which got denied due to health factors.
I believe it. My credit score had a knock against it because, and I quote: "Months since oldest auto trade opened".
I guess cyclists who outright own two cars (An old hatchback and an old truck) are a credit risk.
Sorry for the legalized discrimination you faced, that feels a lot more egregious than mine.
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I genuinely regret all my cacti. I have like 8 Peruvian torches about a decade old from seed, and I like to put them outside in spring, so they don’t get all spindly and pathetic, and dear god are they heavy and dangerous to move now. They are like 4 foot (1.2m) tall or so, but can get up to 16 foot (5m).. whoops.
But I don’t want to kill them because, like.. I’m proud of them for thriving with me.
If you have a botanical garden nearby, you could see if they'll adopt them. You could also check with any greenhouses.
That’s a great idea! There’s actually a couple places I can think of that might be interested.
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You avoid growing plants because it's emasculating.
I avoid growing plants because I'm awful at it and it's cruel.
We are not the same
I dunno i just doubt this person exists to any great extent. All plants are great.
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If you have weed, hot peppers, and carnivorous plants, can I come over?
Normal plants are great too, but clearly you are a person of taste.
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This bait is objectively hilarious in how BS it is.
My plants are tomatoes, bell peppers, basil, oregano, garlic and coffee (no serious hopes for a good harvest in my climate).
Am I still allowed to call myself a man?
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My dad grew tomatoes, loufas, and those decorative gourdes you turn into bird houses.
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It's this Chinese anti-West propaganda? I wonder if it works on Chinese people since it clearly doesn't work here
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I've gardened all my life and my favorite flowers are morning glories, please shove a cactus up your ass. Thank you.
I grow whichever plants I want, which includes hot peppers, yes.
But also zucchini and rhubarb and strawberries and cherry tomatoes and...
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I grow native plants and vegetables 🤷♂️
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