Another possible counterexample: being a gym bro is sort of an identity, but being a weak man isn’t really. I imagine gym bros don’t feel embattled?
There’s the counter-identity of scorning people who “pick stuff up and put it down again” and calling all sports “sportsball”, etc.
I think it’s related to what Julia mentioned about having an identity that’s just against some other group.
Another possible counterexample: being a gym bro is sort of an identity, but being a weak man isn’t really. I imagine gym bros don’t feel embattled?
There’s the counter-identity of scorning people who “pick stuff up and put it down again” and calling all sports “sportsball”, etc.
I think it’s related to what Julia mentioned about having an identity that’s just against some other group.