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jukashi Follow 5d ago If we take a break for a moment from the funny meme or self-aware kink indulgence understanding of the 'bimbo, and instead examine it as a sort of sexist fantasy - that is, literally a fantasy of ideal womanhood as imagined by a sexist - then we can come to understand that the 'himbo' is not the masculine counterpart. There is discourse to mine out of the idea that the himbo represents a sexist fantasy of ideal manhood, but I think that the himbo actually represents a sort of halfway step between the bimbo and her true counterpart. The bimbo embodies sexist 'ideals' of womanhood, taken to an extreme and bent to the desires of the sexist (presumed straight, male) imagination. She is: 1) physically attractive in sexual terms, to an extreme - both a pleasure to possess and a status symbol to display to others 2) always horny (thus, always sexually available) ⚫3) unintelligent in the traditional sense - not good at organization, STEM fields, academic learning, etc. this keeps her... • 4) nonthreatening - she won't outshine a man in any domain of (the sexist ideas of) male competence, and • 5) dependent - in need of a big strong smart man to provide for her, reassuring said man's sense of self-worth All of these line up with traditional sexist ideas of womanhood - where the bimbo has flaws, they're not feminine flaws, and she still possesses feminine strengths (according to the sexist mindset). So, the male counterpart of the bimbo should embody sexist ideals of manhood, taken to an extreme and bent to the desires of the sexist imagination. If we compare to the bimbo's features listed above, then: 1) physical attractiveness is desirable for men but not a key feature - a man can be manly while being ugly in a way a woman cannot be womanly if she is ugly. • 2) horniness is not seen as desirable for men - it is expected and excused by sexists, but it's considered threatening to those who are its targets and a lot of sexism towards men is based in this assumed threat. • 3) traditional intelligence is considered manly, but emotional intelligence isn't - in fact, it's seen as unmanly. ⚫4) being threatening is harder to extract from manliness, as is... ⚫5) being dependent, but it is possible, even required - men are just expected to be non-threatening and dependent in a different way. Remembering that we're looking for a sexist ideal rather than a sexual ideal, we need to identify how sexism towards men works. Men are not sexually objectified under traditional sexism, but they are still objectified. This objectification is based on utility - an objectified man is reduced to a tool. He is wanted for what he can do and how well he does it, not in himself. His personhood is reduced to what makes him useful and controllable, and when he is not being of use he is unseen. He does not feel pain, he does not feel emotions that make him less of a perfect undemanding worker or soldier, he is permitted to suffer or rage or weep only for the things he serves and never for himself. The male counterpart of a bimbo would be: ⚫1) physically obviously useful - big and strong and tough, to an extreme, convenient for whoever he serves and an implicit threat to their enemies ⚫2) seldom horny (thus never sexually threatening) ⚫ 3) emotionally unintelligent - lacking the ability to understand or express the feelings of others or even his own (if he even has them) in order to help make him: ⚫ 4) unthreatening, in the sense of being easily controllable and socially inferior, and ⚫5) dependent - in need of an inspiring leader, abstract ideals or a sole source of comfort to fulfill his emotional needs, further securing his loyalty and obedience. I put it to you, then: Space Marines are the male counterpart of bimbos, and becoming one is bimbofication. #wh40k #space marines #warhammer 40k #40k #space marine 2 #sexism #bimbofied #i'm not sure if this is shitposting or not imgflip.com

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