Testosterone Brigade: Difference between revisions

The [[Spear Counterpart]] to the [[Estrogen Brigade]], the [['''Testosterone Brigade]]''' is an enclave of male fans within a traditionally female-dominated (or at least gender-neutral) [[Fandom]]. While they dislike the [[Female Gaze]] or the [[Mr. Fanservice]], it's very likely that they were pulled into the series in the first place because of a (preferably attractive and sexy) female character. Depending on the series, they may view it as a [[Guilty Pleasure]] due to the amount of female fans. Occasionally, as with an [[Estrogen Brigade]], [[Fan Dumb|both sides will butt heads over largely superficial reasons]], with buckets of opposite-sex awkwardness, which can get defensive. It should also be noted that not all male fans within such a fandom are necessarily of the Testosterone Brigade.

* ''[[The L Word]]'', as was inevitable for a show about a bunch of [[Lipstick Lesbian|very good-looking]] [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|lesbians]]. It pandered generously to straight males through extensive sex scenes, making one of the girls bisexual (which ensured ''at least'' some scenes would include a straight guy), featuring mainly straight guys in the supporting cast and reducing gay guys to extras. Ilene Chaiken publicly claimed that the show would never have been made if it hadn't pandered to the Testosterone Brigade -- andBrigade—and unfortunately, she's probably right.

* ''[[Sex and the City]]''. It's a show about [[Ms. Fanservice|four sexy]] [[Christmas Cake|older women]] who like to [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex|have sex]] and talk about it -- andit—and this being [[HBO]], they don't cut away from the nudity.<ref>Out of the four main cast, [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] was the only one who had a no-nudity clause and didn't have to bare her naughty bits for the show -- and perhaps not coincidentally, she's also the one whose appearance is most frequently criticized by men.</ref> While its male fanbase is often stereotyped as being [[Fag Hag|composed primarily of]] [[Camp Gay]] men who watch it for the fashion, during its prime it also had a very large contingent of straight male fans, as it featured a ton of female skin and enough of the male perspective (at times) to occupy straight men's interest.