AdvertisementThe meme has become so prevalent that a community in Seattle even hosted a “Performative Male Competition,” where contestants earned applause for drinking matcha lattes, toting a Labubu, and reading aloud from feminist literature — all things deemed feminist, or at least feminine. In a world that collectively rejects these “fake” feminist men because they’re being manipulative, I implore you to take a second look. Support our mission to keep us around for the next 20 — we can’t do this without you. We are shunning the “performative male” as a way of self-preservation. I argue that while it seems like the “performative male” meme is poking fun at men, women end up being the punch line.