30 ‘What Women Don’t Want From Men’ Tweets That Show What Toxic Men Should Stop Doing In 2020
It’s 2020 and a fresh new decade has started. However, this doesn’t mean that absolutely everything will be different right from the get-go. People will still be imperfect and things like stereotypes and misinformation will still exist.
That’s why the ‘What Women Don’t Want From Men’ hashtag exists on Twitter—it’s a reminder from women about what not to do and what not to act like. Bored Panda collected some of the very best tweets with this hashtag, so scroll down, and upvote the ones you think are right. And read on for our interviews with Elizabeth Arif-Fear, writer and founder of the Voice of Salam which promotes interfaith humanity and human rights, as well as with Suzanne Degges-White, professor and chair in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University.
Be sure to check out our previous article about men talking about which myths about them are 100% not true. And let us know in the comments below what you think of the ‘What Women Don’t Want From Men’ hashtag, and whether you believe the tweets are accurate or if they revolve around stereotyping men.
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Funny how with abortions Pro-lifers are seeking to punish the women, not the men who got them pregnant, as if they don't realise you need two people to make a baby. If a woman is punished for getting an abortion, then the man needs to be punished for getting get pregnant when she doesn't want to be.
Photographer here. You don't even say that. You try to get your subjects the more relaxed, natural and themselves as possible. Saying "smile" will only get you an awkward lip contorsion.
Load More Replies...I had stopped to get gas as I was on the way to the funeral home to make arrangements for my deceased husband. A male said this to me. To this day, I don't know how I didn't end up in jail that day.
THIS. This is why no one should tell a stranger to smile. You have no idea what they're dealing with.
Load More Replies...Don't ever tell people to smile, period. A smile is an expression of happiness - if you want someone to smile, try to make them happy, don't tell them to be.
"I order you to act like *I* want you to feel. Wait... why aren't you okay with this?"
This is a good one. The most annoying chat up line of all time, which never fails to annoy the person on the receiving end.
It's the same as if I went to random guys and told them to get girlfriends. It's rude and uncalled for
Then don't tell me how to act. And DEFINITELY don't try to change your man because you won't like the results I can assure you.
Oh boy. Because obviously if you've never heard of something, it cannot exist. Bad news, then: I was repeatedly told by one of my flight instructors to smile. Guess I just disproved your theory.
Load More Replies...That reminds me of a plumber that came to fix my clogged sink. I told him how and why it was clogged and that he couldn't fix it by changing the siphon which he just did and left. It was worse afterwards. I called the company so they would fix it. When I explained what had happened the other plumber just shook his head. Ended up changing the whole pipe.
It's winter, I'm not shaving xD "you" shave! (If the guys had to shave like we did... Well some do. I'm sure they don't like it either :p expensive and tedious)
Cut your hair short and don’t ogle every man you see? apparently you’re a lesbian
Being a parent is a full time job, either you take it or you dont, you are not a babysitter to your own child.
“Looking” isn’t harassment. Everyone looks and glances around at people and objects. Staring and being a nasty piece of s**t is.
Oh my God I couldn't agree more. Telling someone- anyone- to calm down has never been a good idea for me. You need to be more constructive than that- or leave them alone, normally one of those.
Don't. Tap. Me. On. My. Shoulder. Don't touch me. Seriously. I can hear an "excuse me"
Every time a man says he wants an old fashioned women . . . I agree to quit my job, stay home or shop at my convenience and wait for him to die early and leave me EVERYTHING. But that's not what they had in mind . . .
Sharing your intimate thoughts with the wrong woman is just giving her ammo for later.
Or the inability to flush. Ffs, wipe the seat and lid, put the lid down and flush the damn toilet. How hard is that?
eh... not always true. My mom really wanted this one kitchen appliance because it would help her baking business and she was really excited when she got it. On the other hand, it can also be a lame gift, and especially if she didn't say she wanted it.
This is the main one. It's ok to tell a girl "Hey..I had fun..but I'm just not into you enough for a serious relationship." She will get it..and if she doesn't..then you can ghost her. Also..don't expect sex from a girl and then expect that she won't be burning up your phone. Because while you just saw it as a roll in the sack, we see it as the beginning of a relationship. The only reason you never told that to a girl up front was because she would most likely put the brakes on sex. So don't be surprised if the consequences of your dishonesty is a clingy girl. And, for the record, I've had guy friends with bennies. No commitment, great sex..but totally honest with each other.
Shawn, I'm pretty sure no one wants you here. You're either a lonely old creep or you're under 18 and trolling. Every single thing you have said is sexist and idiotic and adds nothing to the conversations here. All your comments are being downvoted and hidden, so you're only wasting your own time. That's sad
Omg!!! Agreed- from anyone it's bad. Is it on your head? No? Then f**k off.
Why has every comment been downvoted here? I just don’t get it. Except for Shawn’s comments, I get that
My first boyfriend used like 10 of these. Should've been the first red flag. :(
I thought for a second that it was like a patronus... I’d be flattered if I were someone’s Patronus lmao
*hides collection of stuffed cat plushies* ... Ok, so not all grown women like them- and I can see how that could be taken the wrong way- but I have been dropping hints at my bf to get me a stuffed animal for years!! Can we trade
Women: Men, please treat us like humans. People on BP: I can't handle this man bashing 😩
On this article it's a bit silly to complain about "man-bashing", but sometimes there's articles where complaints are deserved. I can't remember any specific examples, but stuff like the article lauding the "anti-man spreading chair" is where it goes beyond "treat us like humans" and into "this thing men do that makes them comfortable is bad".
Load More Replies...Seriously, can we stop complaining about such trivial s**t as this!? I can understand a couple of these, but the vast majority are just stupid and are for a lack of ideas. While it is hard to comprehend, men have issues and angers too, ut are not talked about because of this kind of thing. I am not saying female issues shuld be ignored, I am simply saying we should stop shifting everything onto male shoulders.
I took some of them as just being humorous. I can think of a lot worse things that could happen.
Load More Replies...I think that while a lot of these are completely valid and true, some, such as the stuffed animal one and the holiday proposal one are more opinionated and don't apply to all women. Those ones are based on preference. Putting that aside however, while this post is valid, there are so many on this site like this. Women vs. Men stuff. It's pretty obvious BP is doing it for clout :/
Some are ok, some sound like angry bitching. Choose your battles ladies ;)
Yeah it's sad that legitimate concerns are mixed in with very nit picky situation dependant first world problems
Load More Replies...I have been down voting posts like these as soon as I see them. I dont' read them and I didn't read this one, I'm tired of seeing these. They only start arguments and we are feeding into it.
Yay! Happy New year everyone. Only the 3rd day of the year and already a men hating post on BP. CONGRATS! How would things turn out if someone made a post about annoying things women do to men? Not very well I bet.
I don't see anything about men's headwear in here -- no men-hatting at all.
Load More Replies...Yet another "man bash" post. Are some guys jerks? Absolutely. Are some women also jerks? Absolutely. Yet man bashing is all the rage here.
Exactly. If we changed men to women in the headline the world would burn. But somehow, this is ok? It's getting old. I don't want to live in a world where I have to explain to my two sons why women are such a_5_5 holes all the time.
Load More Replies...So you're part of the problem instead of the solution? How can women expect to find good men when man bashing is perfectly fine in their eyes? I wouldn't date a woman who thought this was ok, and I sure as hell wouldn't act this way around a woman I was interested in. The fact that you think this is fine, shows how immature you are.
Load More Replies...I'm a babe with a brain and just upvoted you.
Load More Replies...Wow, this just puts an explanation point on how obvious the divide is between women and men in general. We are wired completely differently. What one person finds to be an 'obvious' or intended offense wasn't necessarily intentional. We will never ALL see eye to eye but just need to make an effort to be polite and conscious of each others situations. All of this hatred is extremely non productive.
To not be included in this type of ridiculousness. If you're around toxic behaviour enough that you need to complain about it, ask yourself why you put yourself in that position. If the toxic behaviour is unavoidable simply smile and don't take it personally, because it isn't. Carrying around anger will only hurt you. Also stop stereotyping men, it makes you as bad as the ones you're bashing.
I love how this list was made by a man. Don’t know why. He didn’t even tweet these tweets. But it’s like, nice still.
I know jacqui Personally & & she is one Incredible woman, she knows what she's talking about. She an absolute Diamond. I Love Your article. I'm so proud of You.xx Well done.
Man here. Single, nice, not a total d**k. Staying out of the game, the 'battle of the sexes' is an utter shitshow in 2020!!
What is this 1960? In what country are most of these even a thing anymore? Oh wait...
This article is a joke and just used to get clicks. This morning the title said 54 what women dont want from men. This evening almost half the twitter posts where removed to fit some agenda and now its only 30. Yall suck
Very, very sad that in 2020 we, women, need to make such statements.
During the whole human history, pretty much until now, women had basically no rights. Can you please explain to me why is it "very, very sad" then?
Load More Replies...You're not missing any civil liberties, you are free to walk around at night anywhere you want. I wouldn't advise it, since some man (or maybe an animal) could potentially hurt you. Same goes for covering up/pretty much anything else, if you walk around in panties only, well, some bad man could get interested and so on... feels like you think all men are the same person, that guy that assaulted and raped some random girl at night isn't most likely the same guy that tells you to be friendly etc... I just don't see what are you really offering here, men are simply stronger and more aggressive, so situations like this are bound to happen, it might be not good, but it is what it is - what would be your solution, disallow men from being outside at night?
Load More Replies...That's not feminism. Feminism is about equal rights not women first
Load More Replies...Women: Men, please treat us like humans. People on BP: I can't handle this man bashing 😩
On this article it's a bit silly to complain about "man-bashing", but sometimes there's articles where complaints are deserved. I can't remember any specific examples, but stuff like the article lauding the "anti-man spreading chair" is where it goes beyond "treat us like humans" and into "this thing men do that makes them comfortable is bad".
Load More Replies...Seriously, can we stop complaining about such trivial s**t as this!? I can understand a couple of these, but the vast majority are just stupid and are for a lack of ideas. While it is hard to comprehend, men have issues and angers too, ut are not talked about because of this kind of thing. I am not saying female issues shuld be ignored, I am simply saying we should stop shifting everything onto male shoulders.
I took some of them as just being humorous. I can think of a lot worse things that could happen.
Load More Replies...I think that while a lot of these are completely valid and true, some, such as the stuffed animal one and the holiday proposal one are more opinionated and don't apply to all women. Those ones are based on preference. Putting that aside however, while this post is valid, there are so many on this site like this. Women vs. Men stuff. It's pretty obvious BP is doing it for clout :/
Some are ok, some sound like angry bitching. Choose your battles ladies ;)
Yeah it's sad that legitimate concerns are mixed in with very nit picky situation dependant first world problems
Load More Replies...I have been down voting posts like these as soon as I see them. I dont' read them and I didn't read this one, I'm tired of seeing these. They only start arguments and we are feeding into it.
Yay! Happy New year everyone. Only the 3rd day of the year and already a men hating post on BP. CONGRATS! How would things turn out if someone made a post about annoying things women do to men? Not very well I bet.
I don't see anything about men's headwear in here -- no men-hatting at all.
Load More Replies...Yet another "man bash" post. Are some guys jerks? Absolutely. Are some women also jerks? Absolutely. Yet man bashing is all the rage here.
Exactly. If we changed men to women in the headline the world would burn. But somehow, this is ok? It's getting old. I don't want to live in a world where I have to explain to my two sons why women are such a_5_5 holes all the time.
Load More Replies...So you're part of the problem instead of the solution? How can women expect to find good men when man bashing is perfectly fine in their eyes? I wouldn't date a woman who thought this was ok, and I sure as hell wouldn't act this way around a woman I was interested in. The fact that you think this is fine, shows how immature you are.
Load More Replies...I'm a babe with a brain and just upvoted you.
Load More Replies...Wow, this just puts an explanation point on how obvious the divide is between women and men in general. We are wired completely differently. What one person finds to be an 'obvious' or intended offense wasn't necessarily intentional. We will never ALL see eye to eye but just need to make an effort to be polite and conscious of each others situations. All of this hatred is extremely non productive.
To not be included in this type of ridiculousness. If you're around toxic behaviour enough that you need to complain about it, ask yourself why you put yourself in that position. If the toxic behaviour is unavoidable simply smile and don't take it personally, because it isn't. Carrying around anger will only hurt you. Also stop stereotyping men, it makes you as bad as the ones you're bashing.
I love how this list was made by a man. Don’t know why. He didn’t even tweet these tweets. But it’s like, nice still.
I know jacqui Personally & & she is one Incredible woman, she knows what she's talking about. She an absolute Diamond. I Love Your article. I'm so proud of You.xx Well done.
Man here. Single, nice, not a total d**k. Staying out of the game, the 'battle of the sexes' is an utter shitshow in 2020!!
What is this 1960? In what country are most of these even a thing anymore? Oh wait...
This article is a joke and just used to get clicks. This morning the title said 54 what women dont want from men. This evening almost half the twitter posts where removed to fit some agenda and now its only 30. Yall suck
Very, very sad that in 2020 we, women, need to make such statements.
During the whole human history, pretty much until now, women had basically no rights. Can you please explain to me why is it "very, very sad" then?
Load More Replies...You're not missing any civil liberties, you are free to walk around at night anywhere you want. I wouldn't advise it, since some man (or maybe an animal) could potentially hurt you. Same goes for covering up/pretty much anything else, if you walk around in panties only, well, some bad man could get interested and so on... feels like you think all men are the same person, that guy that assaulted and raped some random girl at night isn't most likely the same guy that tells you to be friendly etc... I just don't see what are you really offering here, men are simply stronger and more aggressive, so situations like this are bound to happen, it might be not good, but it is what it is - what would be your solution, disallow men from being outside at night?
Load More Replies...That's not feminism. Feminism is about equal rights not women first
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