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If Joe Rogan is a “Guy’s Guy,” We Need Fewer Guys
The sexism of bro culture doesn’t only demean women; it’s also an insult to men
Joe Rogan and those who defend him must really hate men. Or at least think very little of us.
That wasn’t a typo, though one might be forgiven for thinking as much.
After all, most everyone knows of the misogynistic musings that often dot Rogan’s podcast, like the time he attacked a primatologist for debunking some pseudo-scientific bullshit of his by suggesting her vagina discredited her, even though she had a Ph.D., while he has a high school diploma and Google. So he obviously has issues with women, as do his supporters, who stick with him through every outrage.
But it wasn’t a typo. I meant what I said.
Despite being the very definition of a “guy’s guy” (or perhaps because of it), Rogan and his creatine cult are misandrists, every bit as much as misogynists — meaning, they hate men too.
Because how else can we understand people who hold men to such low standards of behavior and expect so little from them when it comes to the decent treatment of others?
How else can we understand people who normalize the denigration of half the world’s population except as the product of a…
