Workplace Stories of Performative Masculinity Needed
What's the most absurd display of performative masculinity you've seen at work?
Full transparency, I'm a writer working on a piece on performative masculinity at work. i.e. men who tout how manly and masculine they are, but then exhibit behavior that's like, less than stereotypically masculine (which I understand is a construct, but the juxtaposition is funny); I'm thinking specifically about a manager I used to have who would gather all the guys on the team into the conference room and for "bro talk" (it was as painful as it sounds), but spent the bulk of his free time at work perusing pastel/floral polos and button ups online (again, nothing wrong with those satorial choices in my book, but this guy once called another coworker "kind of girly" for...eating sushi). I'd love to know if this is a phenomenon anyone else has witnessed/noticed.
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