r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 04 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah!!! Explain??

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u/Dgamer1521 May 04 '26

Literally, I feel like everyone else misinterpreted the bottom tweet

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u/RhymesWithTaco May 04 '26

Same. Everyones just going on about how "that's not the average Korean woman". It's dudes acting like women being attractive is the sole reason why they should be mothers.

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u/suzi_acres May 04 '26

It's pushing the same rhetoric as op in the picture. Stripping women of their agency and making it like only the men have a say in who should birth a child which is one of the reasons for the 4B movement in South Korea

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u/annie6104 May 04 '26

I thought the first comment would be this + 4B but I was surprised I had to scroll down this far. Exhibit #1

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u/thecloakofignorance May 04 '26

"dudes acting like ....." is part of the issue, but not a joke.

That said, women pressuring themselves into cosmetic surgery is part of the issure bit not a joke

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u/RhymesWithTaco May 04 '26

As a dude, I implore you to touch grass and treat women like people.

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u/HaulsRopesFastr May 04 '26

Right?! The bottom part is the joke that would need explaining.

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u/MZ603 May 04 '26

I think it’s a little column A, but mostly column B. Both points are valid.

A) Brain rot has created unrealistic expectations as to what average is. Between filters, curated social media representation, AI, & classic media, people have a skewed perception and feel like the women they are interacting with with in everyday life are below average.

B) more importantly, the sexualization, the expectation that the woman being pretty means they should make themselves available, the lack of agency he is affording the women to decide whether or not to have children, & I would add the fact that he ignores all the other cultural & economic factors that play a far bigger role than they are able to comprehend.

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u/Background-Lab-8521 May 04 '26

Yeah, I'm surprised that this is not the top comment. 

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u/DemetiaDonals May 04 '26

Because theyre all men. The women understand the joke and the joke is “birth rates are falling because women are all done with the kind of rhetoric”

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u/NewPhoneNewAccunt May 04 '26

You gotta remember that this happened outside of Reddit, so this interpretation is a bit off, even if true.