Men In Women Fields / Men In Female Fields

About

Men In Women Fields or Men In Female Fields is a TikTok trend and response to the Women in Male-Dominated Fields trend in which men share anecdotes about an often negative practice they've adopted that they believe women embody, which is essentially a reversal to the prior trend spread by women online. The trend, which uses the hashtags "#meninfemalefields" or "#meninwomenfields," began in mid-November 2024 following the virality of "women in male fields" memes.

Origin

On November 16th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @veetiossi posted a video captioned, "she took longer than normal to respond to a text (probably at work) so I set a timer to take just as long to respond #MenInFemaleFields," garnering over 1.6 million views in nine days. This is the earliest known video about men in female fields.

Spread

The trend garnered viral spread on TikTok over the following days as it continued to be used by male social media users alongside the Women In Male-Dominated Fields TikTok trend.

On November 19th, 2024, TikToker^[2] @levlieben posted a version of the trend captioned, "I made her finish first #meninfemalefields," garnering over 864,000 views in a week.

On November 21st, TikToker^[3] @macc_gee_official posted a version of the trend captioned, "When I comment 'what waist' under my hommies post, knowing damn well he Fat asf. #MenInWomenfields," garnering over 946,000 views in five days.

On November 22nd, 2024, TikToker^[4] @romitavlz posted a video responding to the trend, writing, "Me watching the Meninwomenfields and they're literally calling themselves out," garnering over 1.8 million views in four days. That same day, a post was made to the subreddit /r/TwoXChromosomes^[5] about the trend, garnering over 4,200 upvotes in the same span of time.

On November 24th, X^[6] user @nisafeminista posted a screenshot of a video by TikToker^[7] @therichierich69 that garnered over 5 million views and 270,000 likes in two days, reading, "When she's about to become a pro athlete so I falsely accuse her of SA #Meninfemalefields." The X user writes, "We need to be more misandrist."

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Related Memes

Women In Male-Dominated Fields

Women In Male-Dominated Fields is a catchphrase that was popularized as part of a TikTok trend in November 2024. The trend involves a woman sharing an anecdote or practice she has adopted that she thinks is often embodied by men. The phrase "women in male-dominated fields" is a play on corporate DEI speak, previously invoked to refer to women who make forays into typically male-dominated fields like STEM. The trend is similar to the #IHateMyBF memes that went viral in the fall of 2024.

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