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Sigma, simp and all the other misinterpreted terms on social media you need to know about

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Expressing one’s feelings has never been easier after the effortless access to social media platforms. And many people fail to convey their opinions using the correct words.

Some popular memes circulating on social media these days are regarding ‘sigma male’ rules. In the memes, it is noticed that if a man disrespects a woman, he is considered as being sigma or alpha.

However, the meaning of sigma male is completely different from what is being portrayed. 

Sigma or alpha male means lone wolf. They are self-sufficient, assertive, confident and independent. A person can be all of the mentioned things without displaying insolent behaviour towards women. 

When a man compliments a woman or does something nice for her, he is immediately labelled as a ‘simp.’ Being pleasant and respectful towards women is not equivalent to being a simp.

‘Simping’ refers to being overly submissive and worshipping the women they love in hopes of gaining their affection. It is a sign of desperation. For example, cleaning a woman’s shoes when she steps on dung. 

Whenever the word feminist comes to one’s mind, most people tend to think of it negatively. A Facebook group called ‘Feminism is Cancer’ with 41400 group members makes us wonder why is asking for equal rights as men considered cancerous? 

People fail to realise that feminism is not about treating women as superior to men. It simply means establishing political, economic, personal, and social equality. 

“I see people constantly joking about feminism. They say that they are equalists, not feminists.

“I try so hard to explain to them that feminism and equalism are the same things but I fail to alter their preconceived notion,” says Sweety Joy Uddin, a 21-year old Bangladeshi Hospitality student from Segi University, Malaysia. 

If someone is bringing down men, they are mistaken as feminists. In reality, they are misandrists and pseudo feminists. Misandrist is someone who vehemently despises men. Pseudo feminism believes women to be superior to men. 

There is also a term for men who hate on women — misogynists. These men respect only their mothers but will ridicule every female they see on the internet. They are anti-feminists and want to suppress women. They can be labelled as male chauvinists as well. 

Chauvinism has two meanings. Chauvinists are the men who think their gender is better than any other gender. People who possess excessive patriotism that can turn aggressive are also known as chauvinists.

Sometimes people interchange patriarchy with patriotism on social media, but they have different meanings.

Patriarchy is the system where men hold power and females are excluded from decision making. On the other hand, patriotism is the devotion to one’s country.

The word racism is immensely overused and frequently misused. It is the discrimination against race and ethnicity. Racism is often confused with colourism or shadeism. 

Colourism is the discrimination based on someone’s skin colour. Some people prefer lighter skin tones over darker skin because they believe dark skin-toned people cannot possess beauty.

This situation frequently arises among the same race, so racist is not the appropriate word to describe them.

Social media is deceptive, and it’s vital to find out the correct meanings behind the words before using them to describe our thoughts and opinions accurately.

Finding meanings of new or known words is just one click away. It is always better to confirm before starting a war on the internet.

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