"Last week, I learned a new online phrase, courtesy of the Men On The Internet: 'the fridge protects the snacks'. The 'snacks' in question are young, hot, dateable women who are tasty, delectable, moreish. The 'fridge' part refers to their less attractive, more frumpy or larger, refrigerator-dimensioned friends. Charming, right?"
"As if to prove the need for this phrase to exist, a rash of videos have surfaced where men approach young, nubile, attractive women, often on nights out where these women are very clearly with their female friends. You know the type of guy involved - the 'm'lady' guy, the smarmingly obsequious pick-up artist with what he believes is a killer chat-up line right up his sleeve."
A new online phrase, 'the fridge protects the snacks', labels young attractive women as 'snacks' and their less-attractive, frumpy, or larger friends as 'fridges'. The language reduces women to consumable objects and ranks them by perceived desirability. A series of videos shows men approaching young, attractive women who are clearly with female friends, treating the friends as social buffers rather than people. The men often adopt a smarmy, obsequious 'm'lady' persona and deploy rehearsed, pick-up lines, revealing performative, predatory courtship behaviors and underlying misogynistic attitudes. These interactions underscore contemporary online misogyny and the commodification of women's appearance in dating contexts.
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