Last week I saw someone say:

“At some point, every straight man has to choose between making fun of astrology or getting laid.”

It reminded me that in 2018 ViceUK argued that straight men belittle astrology to bolster their masculinity, which I found risible, given that there’s a simpler explanation just sitting there begging to be picked up. If astrology is bunk, then people in general are likely to make jokes when confronted with it. They may even assume that any mention of it is humorous by intention!

Then and now, what I find most surprising about the whole conversation is that whether or not one takes astrology seriously is understood to be a gendered question — apparently for the good reason that there’s an actual gender divide on the matter. I would never have imagined.

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