50 Of The Most Relatable And Laugh-Worthy Memes About Womanhood, As Shared By This Instagram Page
Whether you identify as a woman or were born as one, there are some things we ladies can agree on: coffee is our best friend, periods can go back to hell, and our pockets are way too small to be practical. There’s much more where that came from and, thankfully, we have the wonderful invention of memes to unite us all in the struggles and joys of womanhood.
One page has been sharing just that type of content for the past 6 years, and it is called “Girls Meet The Internet.” Their 98.7K followers have been loving the memes and the oh-so-relatable posts, and we’re proud to be bringing some of our favorites to you today, dear Pandas.
Make sure you’re upvoting your favorites and leaving comments below, and if you’re craving a little bit more, then Bored Panda has another article for you that may just do the trick. So let’s dive right into it!
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The first rule of Girl Code is we stick by one another no matter what. Whether we’ve been friends since kindergarten or just met in the restroom, we’ve got each other’s back, especially in matters of safety and feminine hygiene. Life is way too complex for us to be at one another’s throats.
Rather, let’s laugh at the ironic, unforgiving, and delightful bits of life that are perfectly represented in these posts shared by “Girls Meet The Internet.” The Instagram account has been entertaining its 98.7K followers since July 2017, and there seems to be no sign of it stopping.
Whilst you’re scrolling through this list, I thought it would be interesting to delve a little bit into the notion of feminism—the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. As stated on Encyclopaedia Britannica, feminism is manifested worldwide and is represented by various institutions committed to activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests.
Although a lot of people nowadays tend to misunderstand its purpose, few look into the history that started it all. Throughout most of Western history, women were confined to the domestic sphere, while public life was reserved for men. Even as late as the early 20th century, women could neither vote nor hold elective office in Europe and in most of the United States.
Women were prevented from conducting business without a male representative. Married women could not exercise control over their own children without the permission of their husbands. Moreover, women had little or no access to education and were barred from most professions. In some parts of the world, such restrictions on women continue today.
Yeah, July 2022, a 500 acre fire in Texas was caused by glass in a garbage can magnifying the sun and igniting papers. It burned 5 homes and took 8 days to contain.
How about devouring an entire take and bake chibatta loaf fresh from the oven?
Feminism is not a modern affair. In late 14th- and early 15th-century France, the first feminist philosopher, Christine de Pisan, challenged prevailing attitudes toward women with a bold call for female education. The defense of women had become a literary subgenre by the end of the 16th century, when Il merito delle donne (1600; The Worth of Women), a feminist broadside by another Venetian author, Moderata Fonte, was published posthumously.
As further explained on Encyclopaedia Britannica, defenders of the status quo painted women as superficial and inherently immoral, while the emerging feminists produced long lists of women of courage and accomplishment and proclaimed that women would be the intellectual equals of men if they were given equal access to education.
I would absolutely participate in this! Not sure if I count as "silly," but I've learned a lot from eccentric old women, and i would appreciate any pearls of wisdom they decide to impart on me.
Equality is the main word in the equation (although there are certain aspects that get misconstrued with this notion as well), with an emphasis on oppression. At the core of it all, Feminist theory argues that women should enjoy the same rights as men, including the right to speech, religion, bodily autonomy, and political expression.
Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. And although the misinterpretation of that poses men as the main enemy, that is simply not the case, as feminism embodies equality for all. Yet Joshua Evans posed an interesting question: “Can true equality be achieved if half the population cannot help, or does feminism lose its way if it becomes dominated by male voices?”
I dont think any teenagers are particularly easy, we’re all our own little package of chaos tied up in a bow
I hate that rhetoric so much. I've heard "At least he won't be coming home pregnant." and "i won't have to worry about how he dresses when he leaves the house." Just really f****d up mentality.
If you think about it, a boy could be getting multiple girls pregnant a week so it’s ridiculous that people say things like that
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From twitter: honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion - (good on OP for recognising it though)
Teenagers as a whole are emotional messes, gender has very little to do with it. I say this as a teen who would like to think she achieved emotional maturity before her peers, but is most likely just as much an emotional mess as the rest of her classmates.
The misconception that boys and men are less emotional than girls and women is a pile of BS that needs to go.
Boys are older, and therefore bigger and stronger, when puberty, and the ensuing emotional chaos hits them. They are also encouraged, by society, to act out aggressively when they are upset, instead of doing something that will actually help them feel better. So, instead of running to their rooms and crying until they feel better, they punch the wall, resulting in $200 damage and a $450 hospital bill. Because "manly" = pain, wasted time, and financial loss.
Better than going out and shooting people, but yeah, not the right way to handle negative feelings.
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Shouldn't be that way. We are all human, we are all emotional. Boys should feel comfortable expressing their emotions.
Telling boys they shouldn't be emotional is planting the seed to toxic masculinity
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"Less emotional" as if serial murder, war, and genocide isn't the purview of men.
😂 No…I worked with middle school students some time ago and boys that age can be just as emotional as girls!!
I raised 5 boys, who were all in their teens at the same time. The walls of my house were dripping with testosterone. It was not nearly as much fun as you'd think it might have been.
same man, hope you're doing better than me
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Teens are teens, man. They all have issues and are figuring themselves out. The difference is that boys are generally taught not to express themselves.
boys have it emotionally tougher than girls in many cases. all the horny. toxic masculinity. peer pressure. other guys are jerks. being gay even harder for men. testosterone causing intense mood swings. im a girl and i can say that if you transfer the menstrual cramp pain to the penis women get a monthly free trial of male puberty
im not saying that girls have it easy, girl im in the thick of it rn and my pants have blood all over em so
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Four girls, one boy, three of them are teenagers now... None are easy...
Ugh, I used to hate it when people would prattle about "boys are easier", because my older brother was getting in trouble with the law and doing jail time at 16, but *I* was the emotional difficult one? The girl at home babysitting while my parents were driving out of town to visit him in jail?
I have known SO MANY fully grown adult men who are emotional af and it kills me that women get labeled as the emotional ones. If I had a nickel for every time I saw a man throw a full-blown temper tantrum, I would have zero student loan debt.
I have 2 sons and and whoever said boys are easier needs a talking to. With a chair.
ha. ha. hahahah less emotional? Uhm... rage-quitting is still a show of emotion, isn' t it? Also... the bigger issue is that generally males in the teen years become food black holes. I still remember my bro and his friends - the costco card wasn't a luxury, it was a necessity.
Can one call this misogynistic or toxic masculinity or something of that ilk? It sounds like that (the part that boys are not as emotional)
Hey you trained him. How did he go until 14 without knowing he had to do his own dishes? Start them at 3
Holy f*ck, parented my partner's then fourteen-year-old nephew for half a year, and boy I can tell you right now he was the most emotional non-adult I have ever met or been. And I work in schools. With children.
I have three daughter and two sons. 30,24,24 girls 22,21 boys. Every person is different. She was making a generalization. Two of my daughters were trying to get punched in the face their entire adolescence. The other has always been more wonderful than I deserve. My oldest son is still nuckin futs, but the baby is cool and laid back.
It pisses me off when people think raising a boy is easier. In some cases yes, but saying a boy is less emotional is b******t. Boys are less emotional because they are taught to be.,and then become less emotional spouses and struggle in relationships. Boys gave emotions too and struggle with similar things that girls struggle with. I raise my sons to be emotional so that they can be good spouses someone who can support and communicate with their partners and kids. We need emotional men
Good on you mama! I wish more people understood this and would throw that toxic masculinity bullcrap out the door. People don't seem to realize Theres a reason that men are more violent than women and childhood is where it starts much of the time. Being taught to hold back any emotion but anger, hate and rage and never being taught to be emotional and allowed to feel is not healthy.
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Adulthood is predictability within a framework of chaos. Teenage is chaos within a framework of chaos. I'm 73, but nothing has changed in this since 1962-1969, which were my most chaotic years. There have been flashbacks, though.
I wouldn't go through my teenage years again for anything! Hell on earth!
I've always looked at it more as the intersibling issues... All boys will largely just knock each other around a bit, which sucks (I had 3 brothers), but sisters will emotionally scar the hell out of each other (wife has 2 sisters). Personally, I'd take a few scrapes and bruises over lifelong psychological damage
I swear 12 to 14-year-olds' bodies are snatched by aliens, who live amongst us causing chaos. Luckily, the aliens start returning our teenagers, piece by piece, until we have them back, mostly unharmed, by the time they are 17 or 18.
Um- the more you say boys are less emotional the more they'll feel pressured not go be. This is how we get toxic idiots. Its human to feel emotions
I *do* feel for you. However, when they get past 20, things improve, even if it doesn't feel like it.
what a great mother to just go with the emotions related to doing his thing, his way. he is going to be an interesting person
My first child was amenable to parental correction. My second child, whom I briefly thought was a girl while in utero, turned out to be my drama king.
I had three teenaged boys. Two were fine and one suffered from anger and anxiety.
I've raised two daughters and one boy... my son was a lot easier, hands down
if a 14 yo child is having a 45 minute melt down about his normal, scheduled, duty for living in my house ....he must be someone else's brat
Say WHAT? Boys emotions are more weird than the girls are sometimes. Or is that just because I am female.
Hahaha!!! So there with you!! People with girl teenagers don't know the hell we go through...
No that is teenager logic. If he makes enough noise maybe you will put the plate away for him the next time to keep the peace! (Don't do it though).
Yeah, the realization that you are losing your childhood and moving into an unknown thing called "Adulthood" is scary enough, then add sudden urges that seem to come from nowhere. It's a total Brass Plated Bi*ch of life.
Well, of course. No teen-aged girl ever gets into trouble because of a teen-aged boy's masculine logic...
Well, it's different when boys do it (kinda funny really, but don't Ever let them see you laugh).
This! I can relate to this sooo much… I have 3 boys and one is a teen right now. He’s way pickier about how he looks than I ever was. I think all teens come with their own emotions and should be allowed to express them and teach them how.
Boys are AWFUL. The number of holes my sis has had to patch up in her son's rooms is not funny.
The gender does not make any difference, but next time say Ok and feed him the next meal off the plate he refused to wash.
I have 3 sons. My oldest was so difficult I'm lucky to still have my sanity. My middle son is a dream. Never caused me any trouble at all, and my youngest is only 9, but seems like he's going to be very challenging. I don't have a daughter, but there's no way a girl could be any worse than what I've experienced.
Teenagers in general are emotional, it comes with the gig of knowing everything and nobody listening
Two teens at home. One boy, one girl. They are both ridiculously overdramatic about everything, including brushing their own teeth. Doesn't matter the gender. Teenagers are a whole different species
You're not wrong. My mother tried to tell me that men were more logical, and I don't know about y'all, but seeing the times my dad and brothers almost came to blows because one was mouthy and an arrogant a*s astounds me. Oh, then there's telling grown men no, and their favorite team losing, when they get angry at something easily fixable but time consuming, etc,.
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I mean, just because we (girls) literally p**s blood and unused eggs doesn't mean we're easier (maybe a bit harder at the most but still)
Boys “may” be easier in their teen years, but then most of them go off and get married and stop speaking to their mothers. So, there’s that.
...will he at 14? Hormone surges, normal rebellious behaviors, growing independence. Only time will tell... just enjoy the wonderful journey.
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My friend and I have writing chemistry. I write long, dialogue heavy rambles about characters that exist only in my mind, she makes them make sense to the outside world.
Studies show that in more gender-equal societies, men are half as likely to be depressed, less likely to commit suicide, have around a 40% smaller risk of dying a violent death, and even suffer less from chronic back pain. In an equal society, social issues such as sexual assault and domestic violence against men may be treated more seriously.
Feminism has also allowed men to have longer maternity leave and be full-time parents, combatting ‘breadwinner’ stereotypes. These are a few examples of what feminism can and continues to do for men. And it’s up to men to support it in whatever way they can.
There is still a long way to go when it comes to the realization of feminist ideals, but I’m sure that sooner rather than later we’ll develop as a society to embrace one another, respect one another, and be there for one another. In the meantime, here are some universal rules of Girl Code.
If a girl needs a tampon and you have a tampon—help her out. If you notice a girl is too intoxicated to even see straight, get her some water and assist as necessary to keep her safe. If you see someone harassing or unwantedly touching a girl, help her out. If a girl is crying, make sure everything is alright. Finally, passing judgment on others does nobody justice, we girls need to stick together.
As you continue to scroll through this list, make sure to upvote your favorites. Leave your thoughts in the comments below, and I shall see you in the next one!
I used to think the 8-track flap in the car stereo was the little garage door that the tiny singers used to get inside the radio...
After being together for 10 years, I finally had to send dh to buy pads. I gave him the box lid. While there, he met a man with glazed eyes and a desperate expression. He held up the lid and said "go get this".
I legit have a tee with the caption "party like it's 1651". It's good dance music
excuse me?! you can't go around telling people that I exist! what the heck are you doing?
If I open a bar with a sad hour, how many people do you think would come?
Like love the environment but I love my sanity just a tiny bit more
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About 90% of these weren't about womanhood, but about everyday situations.. that also men can relate to. Maybe consider changing the title?
Yes. BP is getting very lackadaisical about appropriate titles.
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Most have nothing to do with the topic of the post and this post is a repeat repeat repeat. Grr
Sad thing is I have seen more then half of these in other "lists". The bot that runs this place is getting stupid again.
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When reading this post it occurred to me, that women often complain of their clothes having no or much too small pockets. This could be a conspiracy to keep women down, because they will then need to carry handbags to carry what they need and be at a disadvantage, with just one free hand (I use a bag with a long strap, so I carry it on my left side and on my right shoulder because I like to have my hands free).
I wear dark colored nurse scrub pants because they have lots of pockets and are easy to wash.
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The basic components of a typical coffee maker include a water reservoir, a coffee filter or pod holder, a heating element, and a carafe or coffee pot. To brew coffee, water is poured into the reservoir, and coffee grounds are placed in the filter or pod holder. When activated, the coffee maker heats the water, and it drips or is forced through the coffee grounds, extracting the flavors and aromas from the beans. The brewed coffee then flows into the carafe or coffee pot below, ready for consumption. https://dripcaffeine.com/
About 90% of these weren't about womanhood, but about everyday situations.. that also men can relate to. Maybe consider changing the title?
Yes. BP is getting very lackadaisical about appropriate titles.
Load More Replies... Most have nothing to do with the topic of the post and this post is a repeat repeat repeat. Grr
Sad thing is I have seen more then half of these in other "lists". The bot that runs this place is getting stupid again.
Load More Replies... When reading this post it occurred to me, that women often complain of their clothes having no or much too small pockets. This could be a conspiracy to keep women down, because they will then need to carry handbags to carry what they need and be at a disadvantage, with just one free hand (I use a bag with a long strap, so I carry it on my left side and on my right shoulder because I like to have my hands free).
I wear dark colored nurse scrub pants because they have lots of pockets and are easy to wash.
Load More Replies... The basic components of a typical coffee maker include a water reservoir, a coffee filter or pod holder, a heating element, and a carafe or coffee pot. To brew coffee, water is poured into the reservoir, and coffee grounds are placed in the filter or pod holder. When activated, the coffee maker heats the water, and it drips or is forced through the coffee grounds, extracting the flavors and aromas from the beans. The brewed coffee then flows into the carafe or coffee pot below, ready for consumption. https://dripcaffeine.com/
