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Bros I Forgot to Include
Brohavior is found in many areas of society
My recent article, “The Problem Isn’t Men, It’s Bros,” has been popular with readers, though not with the gatekeepers because I dared to mention tech bros. I won’t repeat the earlier article but will extend it here.
I realized a day after the first article that I had forgotten to include a large and virulent type of bro. Several of my readers reminded me of a few other types of bros and brohaviors that I neglected to include. Time to rectify my oversights.
But first, what should we call a group of bros? A pack of bros? Gang of bros? Herd of bros? Choosing good collective nouns for animals is a fun activity. Let’s go with “herd” for a group of bros.
Brocall — Gamer Bros
How could I have forgotten to include these bros? My not being into video games is part of it, but I shouldn’t have forgotten about the high water mark of brohavior — Gamergate. The first Gamergate was in 2014, when a chunk of the gamer bros herd went on a stampede to harass women working in the video game industry. Quite a few INCEL bros joined the online mob angry that women into gaming weren’t conforming to the gender roles the bro-dominated subculture had assigned to them.
