Hope She Sees This

About

Hope She Sees This is a phrase popularly used online to mock men who seem to be posting adulating comments, white knighting or simping towards women.

Origin

The exact origin of the phrase is unknown, but the earliest known confirmed examples of this phrase being used with its popular meaning come from 2018. The earliest known usage on Twitter is from May 5th, 2018 by Twitter users @muneytarz and @rRixXxAa^[2] (shown below)

Spread

The phrase saw use on social media over the following years as people mocked posts which seemed to be white knighting or simping towards women, possibly with ulterior motives. On June 7th, 2018, Twitter user @lilsasquatch69^[1] tweeted it in response to a tweet by David Hogg, gaining over 600 retweets and 4,500 likes (shown below, left). On December 22nd, 2019, user @lib_crusher^[3] tweeted it about a tweet from Michael Tracey (shown below, right). On May 5th, 2020, Urban Dictionary^[4] user BigDaddyDefinitions added a definition for the phrase.

The phrase also saw use on Reddit. For example, on May 20th, 2019, Redditor Fbreezy35^[5] posted the phrase to /r/whiteknighting, gaining over 1,900 points (shown below, left). On January 27th, 2020, user mmseger^[6] posted the phrase to /r/soyboys.

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