Wrong, it was totally straight and not gay at all, because everyone said “no homo” before and after doing what you described. Just dudes having a good time

They are part of a working strategy, which also includes stuff like

• advertising bans
• sales only in dedicated stores off-limits to anyone under age
• taxes

The fact that there will be pushback shows that they do work

It’s stupid on so many levels.

First off, it implies there is some sort or series of social masculine trait(s) that are in some way desirable. It gets even more stupid when this turns into expectations, like “you’re a man, you should X”.

It’s kind of sad but not unsurprising that there’s an industry trying to capitalize on the resulting insecurities.

I think it was a positive aspect of the MGTOW idea to reject these expectations and do your own thing.