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It's a common trope among many guys to claim that they simply don't understand women - whether it is willful ignorance or not is another question, but there seems to be a fashionable yet lazy acceptance that women are a complete mystery so there is no point in trying.

Well, there's no excuse now fellas. Turns out, all we had to do was ask! Women on Twitter have decided to take matters into their own hands with the viral hashtag #WhatMenDontKnowAboutWomen.

While they clearly don't speak for all women, the discussion is incredibly insightful and educational, as posters take turns sharing their experiences and frustrations about the kinds of things that just seem to pass many men by. Have you got your notepad at the ready guys? There are some really important points here (and some funny ones too!).

Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

#1

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Bunzilla
Community Member
6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would say that 90% of women want pockets in our clothes. And for some reason, nobody wants to give us pockets. Either top company execs want to sell handbags, or they just think they know what we want more than us... which would be typical.

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    #2

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    Something
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would anyone think that someone would want an unsolicited pic?

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    #3

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    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is nagging after all? It's asking someone to do the same thing over and over and over again... The first time, it's just a request.

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    #4

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    Kaisu
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact that the term friend zone even exists just shows that some men think they're entitled sex if they show women basic human decency

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    #5

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    Monday
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We do however need to acknowledge that men are not there to pay for our dinners, fix our broken s**t and treat us like princesses either. We all need to be equal.

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    #6

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is so important. The men who understand this one suffer from much less stress, once they know they don't really need to do anything, besides a hug and consolation.

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    #7

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    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The struggle is real. Because just bleeding and cramping weren't bad enough.

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    #8

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    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... and that doesn't mean "I was nice to you all week. You OWE me." - that does not make us feel secure, respected or loved. We don't OWE you for temporary niceness.

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    #9

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    Martha Meyer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The women who don't dare go out without a ton if makeup on? They don't do it for themselves. They do it because they've been made insecure about how they look.

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    #10

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    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And she's not obligated to go out with you just because you asked.

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    #11

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    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, lucky for anyone who only has periods for 3 days, I can only dream lol.

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    #12

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    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never understood the logic behind this mentality - instead of being glad to having encountered a fellow geek, you blame her (or him) of fakery? Was this ever supposed to be a competition? See, this is why you have no friends.

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    #13

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    Eirik Johnsbråten
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wholeheartedly agree that swearing is a bodily function.

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    #14

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    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meh, my hubby and I use the same shampoo, conditioner and body wash so this doesn’t bother me at all.

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    #15

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    John Louis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you honestly believe men fail to grasp this? A small minority of men do, butthe vast majority are well aware of this (I'm not wrong here)!

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    #16

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    Helen Haley
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being reliable and noticing/doing the mundane things, waaaay more sexy than ignoring it all and throwing in the occasional grand gesture.

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    #17

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    Kaisu
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    However, this can be abusive too. Men, you don't have to let a woman you're dating to invade your privacy and show her your texts etc! You're entitled to not show them. And if she looks at your phone without your consent, then it's a big red flag.

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    #18

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    eliana
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bUt hAvE yOu bEeN kIcKeD iN tHe BalLs

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    #19

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    Johnny
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not falling for that one again! Now I've learned to say "Sorry honey, you know I don't know a thing about style, I think you look cute in anything, here, let me text a picture of it to your best friend, she'll let you know how it really looks".

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    #20

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    D. Pitbull
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes... please... just... listen. That means literally *listen*... then... *comprehend*. Not "I hear words, and I am going to make some assumptions and fill in blanks to what *I* think the problem is and try to solve THAT. 'cuz That's me being awesome" - no... we literally mean "Listen to what *I* am saying. Do not interpret it yourself, then try to fix something that wasn't being said, then get mad because you think we weren't being straight with you... you actually... were not... listening and you don't want to admit it now.

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    #21

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    Christina Dudley
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this a dangerous thing to say. Some people choose clothes for themselves and not because they want sex. You will only truly know if someone wants sex by asking them. Clue, if they say yes, you're in

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    #22

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    Leo H
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men say the same thing..so please let us have me time to just veg

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    #24

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    Kaisu
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah guys should just say if they want just sex instead of stringing a woman along and lying to them. The same goes both ways!

    Dave Parker
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women should always tell us they are only going out with us because they want a free meal instead of just stringing us along.

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    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m sorry I am a woman and I disagree with this. Women play more mind games than men, sending mixed messages like “I want nothing for my birthday” and when they get nothing they get s****y, fake orgasms, saying “I’m fine”, when you are clearly not, asking for an opinion about what they are wearing and gets angry when they don’t get the response they want etc. Men often can’t win when it comes to us women. I’m not surprised, I sometimes don’t understand myself let alone someone else understanding me. Of course men do it too but from experience, movies, witnessing it etc it seems to be women who are the main ones to play games. Men and women listen up, say what you mean and mean what you say. None of this skipping around the bushes b******t.

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since I'm kind of an aspie I never got all those subtle hints, body language and mixed messages. Only heard some girls I knew at school were trying to flirt with me at a reunion years later. Was kind of bummed they thought I wasnt interested because I could not decipher the hints.

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    Xavier Wescott
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really wish I could read subtle hints :(. More often than not I have no idea what I'm doing, and I don't know how to tell people how I feel at the right moment. I just wish it was simpler.

    Kaisu
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand that it's difficult sometimes! The easiest thing is to just ask if you don't know, ask what the other person wants out of the relationship; do they want just sex, or do they want to date

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    Sandra Culpepper
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s all about the conquest for men and absolutely disgusting how these grown men, men with mothers, sisters, daughter don’t stop to think how this mentally screws a girl up. Their actions is why we build walls and men call us crazy. No, your the one who made me crazy because you can’t be honest and just go to tinder.

    Miguel Rosas
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep she wants that Benjamin $100

    Alex Call
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny cuz I can count on one hand how many women can be 100% straightforward with yours truly (no mind games, no nothing)... and they're taken.

    Bogdan Constantin Dinu
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except when you want something different. That's when men become either pigs or desperate(from your pov)

    April Simnel
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some men will just pick the wrong woman until he gets his s**t together. The universe will bring you the same lesson repeatedly until you learn it. But then there are some men... Some men who repeatedly are like, "I dOn'T kNoW, mAn, ShE's CrAzY!" who behave that way to be able to do that. The game players enjoy the game, and enjoy the drama, that's why they do it. They depend on other people, men and women, to believe the stereotypes about "rational, non-drama-seeking" men vs. "emotional drama queen" women to do their dirt. Some men LOOOOVE making a woman believe that he cares about them, and then will spurn and laugh at them after they've had sex. Such men deeply loathe women for whatever reason, and they will take this above request with rather less than a grain of salt.

    Iris Engler
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I 100% agree in that; plus you never know how it cans affect somebody when you play with his/her feelings just because you are too cowardly to say you just look for some fun without obligation. And sure enough that counts for both sexs

    Tee Rexx
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. The problem is that she can then opt out and just say bye. That might not fit his plans. He might want s*x and nothing more or to keep playing the field while keeping her in the dark. He can't just walk away from some woman that is nearly a sure thing without at least getting in there once before he just leaves or she finds out.

    Mark Patterson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But, 100% of men who ask for sex up front get turned down. The experiment has been done. You need to be approached with "game". (Not speaking from experience)

    Hugh Walter
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The way she typed made ME crazy!

    Xihrzah Zé
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats funny... if only it was true

    Don Quixote
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone translate this into English please?

    Adrian Alexe
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah right, you all are so cool with the guy coming up front and saying that. Please... Same as we are.

    Douglas Campbell
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes we don't realize we don't want a relationship until after sex.

    Jessica Ransdell
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    6 years ago

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    Rhonda Sisco-Cleveland
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why can’t we push the line button more than once? I want to bite this essay up.

    Beh Pnkt
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can I have some of that sex, that people are talking about here?

    Dave G.
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    6 years ago

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    pretty sure most men know this too. this is the 19th time ive had to post this comment on this dumb a*s page

    Dave G.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lmao the psychotic misandrists downvoted me to -2 just for this harmless comment

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    Pug Pug
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    6 years ago

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    I call b******t on this one. When im 100% upfront then she just crys and crys because of misunderstanding what I said. Not everything is about you. So I leared to just lie and not talk. So much less drama.

    Dave G.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    careful you're upsetting their narrative again

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    Dave G.
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    6 years ago

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    bored panda deleted my comment pointing out that most men actually probably do know this... again... they've done it approximately 20 times to me today

    Darko Pešić
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    6 years ago

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    Ok this is just fake, girls do that, we dont, we cant read your "little" signals or read your effing mind, girls should me upfront with that s**t

    Full Name
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    6 years ago

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    We don't go into it with a "plan" because we don't know you yet so having a plan would be devious and weird.

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    #25

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    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know my hubby has my back and I have his too. That’s one thing that is involved in a partnership.

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    #26

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    Noez 🇸🇪
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't watch porn. It bores me because of the bad acting and same old story line. I have my porn in my head 😎

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    #27

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    Melissa Beth
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am 100% certain that if you could pan down, that ape is wearing socks.

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    #28

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    Tiny Dynamine
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This woman is not a nice person. She sounds psychologically abusive.

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    #29

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    Kaisu
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women aren't complicated if you just take a second to listen

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    #30

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    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think this one is necessary. Just stick with size doesn’t matter. How would some women feel if a man said the breasts are a nice size but the sagginess is no good.

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    #31

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    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never understood this one. I detest myself but I absolutely love my hubby, kids, family and friends etc. So I do not agree.

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    #32

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    Demi Zwaan
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh great. So 'no' is the opposite of no? STOP SAYING THINGS YOU DON'T MEAN! That is what confuses other people and keeps perpetuating the stereotype of women saying no when they mean yes. What a rotten advice this is.

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    #33

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    Biljana Malesevic
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why fake it? You get nothing from it and he thinks he is doing great.

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