We are at a time when men and women have to adhere to strict gender roles. The Trump administration is making things more difficult for people to be who they are. With toxic masculinity on the rise, it doesn’t help if people complain about men being soft. Well, one New York singer named Bebe Rexha went on her TikTok account to express how she doesn’t like it when men are in their “soft girl era.”
In the video, the New York singer is sitting in her car recording herself as she complains about men being in touch with their feminine side. While she tried to come across as someone who is not criticizing men, it felt like there was a huge “but” as she kept going. She says, “I love that for you,” before describing men leaning toward their feminine side as being in their “soft girl era.”
The New York singer’s criticism quickly appears as she questions if she now has to play the role of the boyfriend and the girlfriend. Really? She probably thought that she did, but what she did was enforce masculinity. We definitely don’t need that. People promoting nonsense like this New York singer are the reason why men feel like they can’t be themselves or what they want to be. There is nothing wrong with men being feminine or women being masculine. We are in 2025, not the Middle Ages.
New York Singer Facing Criticism
The good thing is that the New York singer faced criticism after she posted her video on TikTok. I honestly thought that with the political climate and everything happening in the U.S., she would find support. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. In fact, she ended up deleting her video, but it was too late since people already recorded it.
Comments on Reddit, where the video was shared once more, kept the criticism going. One Redditor said: “Oh yeah, there’s definitely not enough masculinity in the world right now *gestures wildly*” Another user talked about leaving men to be what they want.
“Ew. Women uphold toxic masculinity too, can we not just let men have feelings”
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In all honesty, America and the world have enough toxic masculinity as it is. We don’t need this New York singer or anyone else to come and make men feel forced to fit into certain gender roles. Who said that men and women can’t be in their soft girl era at the same time? There is enough space for both of us.
