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"Well, She's a Guy, So" is a memorable quote uttered by an unnamed character in a commercial for State Farm Insurance. The quote has been used in a number of reaction images and videos, which in some cases have been used to make transphobic memes.

Origin

The earliest available version of the commercial online was published on June 23rd, 2011 by YouTuber JoanneBryant94583. in the commercial, a woman confronts her significant other in the middle of the night as he speaks with a State Farm agent over the phone. After speaking the agent for a moment, she tells the man that "she sounds hideous." He responds, "Well, she's a guy, so…" The video received more than 1.8 million views in less than 10 years (shown below).

The earliest available version of the image macro as a meme was published on April 13th, 2015 by Twitter ^[1] user @TennVolsSuck (shown below).

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Several weeks later, on June 2nd, Twitter^[2] user @ThadCastle_ used the commerical in a mocking meme about Caitlyn Jenner, a transgender woman. The tweet received more than 2,900 likes and 2,600 retweets in less than five years (shown below, left).

Variations of this format grew in popularity over the next few years. For example, a variation of the form featuring former First Lady Michelle Obama received more than 27,000 views on Imgur^[3] (shown below, center).

Others used the quotation as a comment on transgender people in sports. On March 21st, 2016, the Facebook ^[4] account conservativecountry posted the image as a response to an article about a transgender weightlifter. The post received more than 10,000 reactions, 10,000 shares and 700 comments in less than three years (shown below, right).

On January 3rd, 2019, iFunny ^[5] user foxy_ice_king shared a since-deleted video by Instagram user @juul.mp4, which intercuts the commercial with the It's Ma'am viral video. The post received more tahn 100,000 reactions (shown below).

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