Episode 21: Homosocial Relationships, Men Who Hate Women, and Fighting Against Sexist Biases

Disclaimer! This is not a dig at male relationships or friendships! Male friendships and relationships are beautiful when they’re healthy and come with open communication. But when you’re whole life revolves around pleasing your friends and begging for their approval, that’s when we have to talk about it. We’ve talked about homosocial relationships before. In our Love Island episode, we talked about how Taylor and Ace on Love Island USA had a homosocial relationship. Taylor didn’t really like Olandria, but she liked him, so he coupled up with her and didn’t really treat her right. So when Olandria starts exploring a relationship with someone who really and truly likes her, Ace convinces Taylor to fight for Olandria even though Taylor knows he truly doesn’t like her like that. Taylor cared more about what Ace thought about his relationships than anything else, and not only did it hurt his own image on the show, but he also hurt Olandria so deeply that she questioned her own self-worth.In reality, Taylor’s actions had nothing to do with Olandria and everything to do with Taylor’s feelings towards Ace (and Nic, but you guys aren’t ready for that).In this week’s episode, we’re talking about how homosocial relationships can go too far and hurt not only the people you date but yourself and the community you’re in, too. Intense homosocial relationships among men can be so incredibly detrimental. They can foster sexist ideas and eventually create a culture around hating women because of how deeply ingrained misogyny is in our society. This creates men who hate and attack women, men who hate all forms of femininity, and men who ruin their own lives because they act like clowns entertaining their male friends. By identifying negative homosocial relationships in reality TV, we can see how prevalent it is in our own lives and put a stop to it before it get worse. Enjoy! And don’t forget to subscribe to the No Boundaries Patreon for exclusive content.Follow Anousha on:Instagram @‌anoushanzumeFollow the No Boundaries Podcast on:Instagram @‌noboundariesthepodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NoBoundariesthePodcastSubstack: @noboundariesthepodcast Patreon: NoBoundariesthePodcast Podcast production for this episode was provided by CCST, an Afro-Latina-owned boutique podcast production and copywriting studio.