No Woman No Cry

A line originally from a Bob Marley song of the same name about comforting a woman and saying that he will come back for her. Ironically, it is now used by young bachelors around the world as a slogan about how they don’t need female companionship, romance, or sex, thus also making it the opposite of the line “All The Single Ladies.” It is also used a lot upon dumping a girl. Recently, both the gay and transgender male communities have caught on to using this slogan as well. The gay community sees it as saying they are happy not dating women, and the trans male community uses it to distance themselves from the gender they identified as previously. It is worth noting, however, that many women find this line offensive, sexist, and even as possible sexual harassment due to the fact they feel it ostracizes and dehumanizes them as objects. Most sensible people, however, have called them out on this clearly bullshit excuse.