“Blue for boys and pink for girls” is social construct at its finest. Earlier this week, folks took to Twitter to challenge masculine stereotypes with #masculinitysofragile to point out the silliness of behaviors associated with men. To be clear, Masculinity does not actually refer to men… but to roles, stereotypes and characteristics associated with them.

Here’s a ROUNDUP of some of the best tweets:

#MasculinitySoFragile you have to clarify your heterosexuality every single time you compliment another man

— marcussimmonscc (@marcussimmonscc) September 23, 2015

#MasculinitySoFragile that it's more important to teach women to reject men politely than it is to teach men to accept rejection peacefully

— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) September 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/MealatWorku/status/630407779912708096

#MasculinitySoFragile because men are really questioning their sexuality over the color of an iPhone..

— SANSA FIERCE (@devynjaide) September 23, 2015

#MasculinitySoFragile it created "no homo" cos heteropatriarchy says affection is homosexual and homosexuality is bad pic.twitter.com/MbAqrVFRcr

— Gugulethu Mhlungu (@GugsM) September 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/THECAROLDANVERS/status/646584422158999552

https://twitter.com/tyriquex/status/646625707553071104

#MasculinitySoFragile men think kissing their son will turn them gay.

— Bran The Man (@branfire) September 23, 2015

#MasculinitySoFragile….it's wounded by a hashtag.

— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) September 23, 2015

#MasculinitySoFragile you can come to my hood and I'll show you the graves of men who thought being a man was best done through violence

— Dr. Manhattan 🇳🇬 (@TheNewThinkerr) September 23, 2015

Straight men being afraid of gay men harassing/assaulting them because it's the same thing they do to women. #MasculinitySoFragile

— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) September 23, 2015

#MasculinitySoFragile that you won't stretch cause it's gay, won't sing cause it's gay, won't play with a puppy, can't eat a cupcake…

— Dazinda Clark-Cole (@Danez_Smif) September 23, 2015

https://twitter.com/BlackBaddies/status/646738084323704832

https://twitter.com/ILLCapitano94/status/646782642432552960

#MasculinitySoFragile it crumbles at its mention in a hashtag.

— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) September 23, 2015

Men: men can take polite rejection. Women: not always, in my experience Men: don't nobody care about your experience #MasculinitySoFragile

— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) September 23, 2015

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