There are behaviors that as an advanced society should cause all alarm bells to go off. Feminism is the most important social movement at the moment and machismo, one of the scourges that we have to solve to leave our sons, and especially daughters, a healthier social habitat. But there are those who still do not understand it.
That machismo of beret and toothpick (because it is old, with the smell of mothballs) came to light a few days ago on a television program during prime time. It was on First Dates and every night it goes viral for different reasons: from young to old, the goal is to find a partner through an express date. The squad has at least one pearl every day, which makes the format a trending topic, the most commented. There are those who are serious about discovering their better half after studying compatibility, there are those who want to have their moment of glory on the small screen and there are those who should have stayed at home.
This is the case of a certain “Med”. There he appeared in his white jacket and turtleneck. Luisa Fernanda had to have dinner with him and between her and the social networks they gave the individual a lesson that she will not forget. He, a rambo addicted to the gym, represented as an actor candidate for a Goya, what toxic mansplaining is. That is, the act of explaining something to a woman in a condescending way. Oh, moral superiority.
This “Med” asked Luisa Fernanda how much water the human body has and she, very polite, answered him well. “You don’t have to get a degree to know that,” replied the aforementioned. Let’s see, such a “Med”, that Luisa Fernanda, a graduate in Medicine, could have left you humiliated if she wanted to. She just limited herself to calling him “conceited.”
The tweeters did their job in the hours that followed and the memes have spread like wildfire. The one who has nailed it is Mikel López Iturriaga: “All my support for the women who come across these sub-selves.” @norcoreano has not gone far either: “There are toxic masculinities and then this one that is radioactive.”
We are faced with an education problem. Or perhaps involution, in some case. For me it is one of the biggest challenges we have ahead of us. To try to make tomorrow’s society better and, above all, for them.