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by dragonwriter 1498 days ago
“soy” = “badness” + right-wing culture war group identity signalling.
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Yep, comes from “soyboy”, a pejorative for more feminine men. The term came about from soybeans having phytoestrogen.
I did not use the term in this context. I've never even heard of this until people pointing this out today. I just meant it as in bloated software. I don't live in America and English is not my first language.
I mean it's just true from the data that men's testosterone on average has cratered over the last couple generations. They shouldn't be consuming copious amounts of things to make that even worse
And therefor perjorative, victim-shaming language is just the way it has to be?