Some jokes or comments are simply calling for a person to bring their author down a notch, especially when they are borderline sexist or misogynistic; and they often find what they were calling for.
Some of such instances can be found on ‘The Female Dating Strategy’ subreddit—the only dating subreddit exclusively for women, according to its description. Scroll down to find them on the list below and see for yourself what matters women would like their male counterparts to be aware of or pay attention to.
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How Are We Meant To Know?
That Really Puts It In Perspective
Wholesome
It’s clear to anyone who’s ever spent more than five minutes online that not every comment out there is a positive one or that there might be posts and thoughts shared that could be considered ambiguous at best. Both instances often entail traces—or an entire portion—of misogyny - contempt or prejudice directed specifically at women.
While clearly not every internet user—male or female—is there to spread hate or negative views towards a certain group of people, such negativity is unfortunately not that rare of an occurrence. According to Statista, negative comments and generally abusive language tops the list of the most common forms of negative prejudice against women online, which is followed by sexist and misogynistic remarks as well as actual threats.
God's Will
Unbelievable that this is how some tax dollars are spent, including, of course, women’s taxes.. 😬
Perfect Way To Deal With Their “Jokes”
According to the Canadian Women’s Foundation, as many as 44% of women aged 16 to 30 are targeted by online hate speech. But be it said type of speech, sexist remarks, or simply unpleasant comments that could have been kept to oneself, some women believe authors of all of the above are worth taking down a notch, and so they often take it upon themselves to do it.
The Hypocrisy
This Sh*t Right Here!!
It's a horrible feeling. It's a feeling of regret and worthlessness and feeling used and it's just horrible. My best friend for most of middle school... turned out he thought I'd be "easy" (turns out how much he really knew me because most people know I'm Christian and waiting until marriage). I just felt like I'd wasted the last few years of my life.
I'm friends with girls and I don't want to sleep with them but if they are uncomfortable I ask what's up I'll get an answer or I'll get slapped
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We should reply and say publicly "So and so sex-zoned me". Meaning: he's a predator who pretended to be my friend to get to f**k me. Let's see how they like it when we turn it around.
It happened to me, and when I said no for the second time he got aggressive and started bullying me. I cut him off completely after that, and no doubt to this day he's telling people what a mean, ungrateful lady dog I am.
Whenever i see someone mention the friendzone, this is what i say. I have no idea why it is such a bad thing to have a friend you care about just cause she won't let you in her pants. (I'm a guy and have had friends i've had feelings for and if it's not reciprocated it changes nothing)
If guys want more than a friendship with a women, they need to make their intentions upfront instead of trying to "friend" their way into a relationship, which rarely works. You can't force a woman to be attracted to you just because you're nice to them. If you want her to be your girlfriend, let it it be known. That way, she'll let you know how she feels about you, and you can make a decision. If she only wants to be friends and you're cool with that, great. If you want more and she doesn't, you can choose to remain friends with her or just move on. That way, neither party is wasting their time, and you don't leave women feeling like you were just pretending to be their friend the whole time.
The big problem is, sometimes people change their minds. There are people who try a romantic relationship, and it just doesn't work. Heck, some people get married and it just doesn't work. Sometimes those people can still be friends (and sometimes they can't!). Likewise, sometimes there are people who start as friends, and develop feelings that are deeper. The sad part is when one person starts to develop romantic feelings, but the other person doesn't. If the person with romantic feelings can redirect those feelings back to friendship, they can be friends. If they can't though ... it's heartbreaking, but sometimes that's the end of the friendship.
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OMgoodness! And it's always this,"women just don't want a good guy!" Last time it happened to me, I actually snapped and yelled, " is there a good guy around? I haven't seen one! Just an a$$hat going around saying he was!" That stuff makes me so mad!! And the names are always so dehumanizing to us as females. Especially the C word that rhymes with hunt. I hate that word so much! To call someone who's afraid a pu$$y? Have they ever realized what one can do? Watch a video of childbirth. It'll change your mind. I'm all mad now. I'll have to go do something to calm down.
I, a female assigned at birth, did this! There was a young lad I was head over heels for when I was 21. We were friends. Good friends. He even helped me pack and move closer to my grad school. When I found out he was serious about another woman and I just wasn’t his type, I lost his number and refused to pick up when I saw his number or return his calls from my Panasonic answering machine. Gen Xers know. It was a terrible terrible terrible thing for me to do. I tried to find him on social media 20 years later but no success. I’m actually glad I didn’t find him because I was a huge jerk on a stick. When he didn’t want to be romantically involved, I should have still nurtured our friendship. He was a good dude and now that I’m 50-ish I realize how important long term friendships are to have a healthy life. It hurt that he didn’t like me like me. But, I would have gotten over it with first shiny bass player in an unsigned band looking my way. But, I know I hurt him even more.
Gen X female here, can soooo relate. Especially the shiny bass player bit. And the Panasonic answering machine bit. But seriously, yeah I was devastated too, and cut contact, regretted it immensely. Just wasn't emotionally experienced enough to put the friendship first. At least it taught me early on that guys have feelings the same as us (duh) and can be hurt in exactly the same way, but they often don't have the freedom to let us know
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Did she tell you the only reason you two aren't dating is because she doesn't want to ruin your friendship? Does she complain about her boyfriends and ask why she can't find somebody like you? No? Then you aren't in the "friend zone." You're just a guy who confuses lack of repulsion with sexual attraction.
I had a man friend for 20 years who would often b***h and moan that I wouldn't have sex with him. For years I ignored his whinging because I enjoyed our companionship. For a long time, he never had other women in his life, but we always had a lot of laughs together, but I appreciated our friends without benefits situation. Finally, he met a woman who flat out refused our friendship and, God bless them, they're still married going on 14 years now. I don't regret losing our friendship because I understand that he was just biding his time until either I gave in or someone else came along.
This is awful when men are only friends for this purpose. It is much better to just be up-front with our intentions. While being friend-zoned also sucks, we cannot let the fear of that allow us to hide our motivation for wanting to spend time with someone.
Upvote to balance the downvote, it would be truly world-changing if we could all be safe to communicate and respect each other without pressure and backlash (note to self ...)
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I've had this happen so many times, and then they turn nasty and horrible. So much for being "friends." 🤷
It's like a betrayal. You feel sad because you lose the friendship but you also think but did we even have one when all he wanted the whole time was sEx
Load More Replies... I remember this sweet neighbour I had who cried because her male friend of many many years said to her as she was getting out of his car " You better leave now before I do something I might regret" then leaned over and touched her butt as she got out of the car. friend since high school. She was recently divorced from her high school sweetheart and he figured she was now open for business.
I don't understand this. When I was younger I had loads of friends who were women and regularly slept in the same bed after nights out and never expected or wanted a thing from them
This!!!! Seriously, I can only count 2 guy friends I had as not this way, 1 was like a little brother (~7yrs younger) and the other was gay. The one the hurt the most was a guy I genuinely considered my *best friend*. Until he tried it on with me, after I got married. I wouldnt have said yes even before I was married, but thinking that little of me to try *afterwards* was just doubly low
Like in the song All You Wanna Do from six, when Katherine Howard, Henry 8’s fifth wife, just wanted a friend and because of that was taken advantage of by men(as a freaking teenager!!)
Is this different than finding out a guy friend has feelings for you? Like, if a guy is "friendzoned", does that mean that his only goal was to smush bits? Genuinely asking here
This... I am a male, and I feel bad that people do this, I have seen my friends do this and justify it by "Oh so and so did it too so" Needless to say, they are not my friend anymore.
This is a fantastically negative, and not always but commonly false interpretation. I'm not going to dismiss the notion of fake "nice guys," but a LOT of guys figure that their wives/lovers/partners should be their best friends. From this point of view, it seems incredibly counter-productive to dismiss friends as potential husbands/lovers/partners because you made freinds with them first, or expect that guys should predetermine whether someone is "friendship" material or "lover" material as if those are mutually exclusive goals.
Agreed but the problem is when the woman has repeatedly told the guy that she does not have romantic feelings for him and the guy persists. This is a very common scenario, and it's very very icky.
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Because when they realise you're not interested in fücking them they mysteriously disappear.
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I don't understand your comment that you never friend zone someone. It's perfectly normal to like someone as a friend but not feel any other attraction to them. What do you mean?
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Or maybe love doesn't have an on/off switch and his attraction to her doesn't obligate her to reciprocate. Maybe there's someone else in his life he could fall in love with if he gave them a chance.
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Here’s What A HVM Looks Like In His Own Words, Then Shared By A Guy Friend Who I Know Is A HVM To His Wife
While online comments directed at women focus on all sorts of aspects of their life—from career choices to their bodies, and beyond—some of them work as reminders that females are not always presented with the same rights or responsibilities in life as their male counterparts are, which is something feminists have long been fighting for. According to Pew Research Center’s 2020 data, more than three-in-five women in the US see themselves as feminists.
No Lies Told
Pew Research Center’s 2020 survey found that while many women consider themselves feminists, the extent to which they feel the term represents them well seemingly differs depending on age, education, and political views. Younger females with a college degree, representing the Democratic political party are reportedly more likely to say that the term ‘feminist’ describes them very well.
All Straight Men
I need a friend like him. As an asexual woman, no matter how oft I tell that I'm not into relationships, especially sexua1 ones, the only male response is "lol you should just try it with me and you will be cured". I'm tired of it. It's not a sickness that is curable by seX. I just want to have friends.
I'd like to add "do you see a book as competition for your time and attention"?
People’s views seem to differ not only in regards to how well the term ‘feminist’ describes them, but also in regards to how they see the movement itself. According to said survey from 2020, the majority of people in the US—roughly 64% of them—believe that feminism is empowering, four-in-ten say that it’s inclusive, too; however, nearly as many as the latter find it polarizing, while a third of Americans say it’s outdated.
Yeah Yeah I Know The Answer Is Just To Leave, But This Visual Is Hilarious!
this isnt exclusively a women-to-men kind of thing. Of course, in this context it speaks volumes about how some women (and men too, but personally ive heard more women facing this issue) face blatant disrespect in relationships, but this can also really just be used as life advice regarding toxic people. Don't be toxic and don't let toxic people in, whether in friendship, relationships (I guess especially this one though, because they'd be closer to you and stuff), or just life! have a lovely day x
In addition to women taking down toxic men or showing support for certain feminism-driven ideas, the examples on this list also depict certain expectations—or lack thereof—women have when it comes to men and dating. While some of them are not something extreme or out of the ordinary—a gesture as simple as making plans for the first date can seemingly go a long way—women (especially those with a college degree) reportedly find it more difficult than men to find a partner who would meet their expectations.
Since When Do I Have To Put In Effort??
Nothing But Truth
The Reality Of Being A Woman Today - And The Fear Of Sexual And Physical Abuse That Comes With It - Is Something That Most Men Will Never Have To Experience
I Thought They Always Said Cat Ladies Were Gonna Die Alone
All Of His Exes Can’t Be The “Crazy” Ones
Geee I Wonder Why
The Discomfort Is Worth It
Violence Against Women In Movies And TV? Oh, It's Just For The Realism Effect!
The "Good Old Days" Weren't Good For Grandma. Now We Know Better- Suffer For What?
Groom Smashes Bride’s Face Into Cake & She Rightfully Is Leaving Him
Where Is The Lie?
Misogyny At Its Finest. I Chortled
I'm in the UK and our houses are small. We had a couch delivered a couple of years ago. I told the guys when they arrived to take it in thru the close and bring it in thru the back door. It's wider and there isn't a sharp turn from the front door and into the living room (I had already taken the kitchen door off the hinges for the couch to fit thru). But did they listen? Nope. Half an hour of trying to get it into the living room from the front.....not only did they ding the door frame, but they managed to get it wedged in the stairway and pull up a bit of the carpet. After I told them again about taking it around the back they finally listened to me and spent another half hour getting it back outside. 20 mins later I was sitting on my new couch, seriously pïssed! If my hubs had been home, how much you wanna bet, they would have done what I said immediately!
Absolutely The Right Response
If They Want To Scrutinize Your Relationships, Then Scrutinize Theirs
We don't need to settle down. We need chocolate and money to pay off student loans and bills and stuff (or so I hear, Im almost 14 so I only really can empathize with the first one)
Channeling This Energy Today
Love This
Every One Of My Exes, Though
Being A People Pleaser Is A Major Tenant Of Being A Pickme. Men Will Only Love The 50/50, Sex Supply, And Maid Service, Not You As A Person
This is true, once I stopped people pleasing, I've lost 'friends' that I realise are actually just really toxic people.
Cry Me A River
100%
The strip club is not the problem, it's the "last night of freedom" stupidity that is. That means the person saying it sees future with their partner as constricting how they want to live their life. It means they're not happy about their vows. The person who's against them going clearly doesn't trust them, either with cause or without. There's nothing wrong with watching a strip show, but it should never, ever involve touching. And for the record, I've worked strip clubs. Women are worse than the men as an audience, and the male strippers have no way to safely defend themselves as if they touch a woman to stop them the women invariably lie and cry victim.
Yep, Just About What I Expected
The Truth About "The Wall"
If anyone told me "no man wants you" I'd just say "well I don't want a man so that's no big loss".
Flip That Script And Call A Spade A Spade!
Love Everything About This, People Are Finally Waking Up To It
She Found Out Her Husband Was Cheating At 70 And Kicked Him Out! Found Love Again Are 73. Never Stop Vetting Ladies! Do Not Settle For Less
The Truth About The "Honey Moon Phase"
Thinking About Being Married To Any Of My Exes Fuels My Single Hood
I don't talk about it with anyone other than my Mom and my therapist, but I've only had one ex... and yet, "the one that got away" for me is a classmate I had a huge crush on, but was too shy to tell him (let alone, you know, do anything). It's been over 20 years, and I still litereally dream of him sometimes.
Yessssssss Queen!
She was supposed to grovel at his feet and didn’t , now bro is upset that she’s not upset and isn’t fighting for the relationship he didn’t really want in the first place. 🤣 You go, girl!
Men Calling Women Crazy, For A Justified Reaction, Isn't New. The Fact That So Many Women Are Gaslighted Into Believing It, Is Terrifying
What Power Shift?? Lies Men Tell. Women Get Better With Age
Men get "more desirable" with age because it takes them 40 years to learn how to take a shower and read a book, and unfortunately, though women their age know better, some younger women are impressed by how much they stand out from younger men by seemingly matching the maturity one would expect from the average fetus.
Chris Pratt Continues To Be The Worst
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A few days ago, some girl next to me was playing a video without earbuds, but they were listening quietly so I didn't mind, and it was a guy and a girl reacting to stuff. I remember hearing guy sating: I could never cheat, I'm terrible at lying i'd get caught lol. and my first thought was just: so if you WERE better at lying you WOULD cheat????
so many of these are so ON POINT; some were even funny enough that I had to lol (true life experiences).
I agree with most, but rape is extremely specific, so for you to suggest that an unwanted touch or shaming a person is rape is just ludicrous. It absolutely is not rape.
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A few days ago, some girl next to me was playing a video without earbuds, but they were listening quietly so I didn't mind, and it was a guy and a girl reacting to stuff. I remember hearing guy sating: I could never cheat, I'm terrible at lying i'd get caught lol. and my first thought was just: so if you WERE better at lying you WOULD cheat????
so many of these are so ON POINT; some were even funny enough that I had to lol (true life experiences).
I agree with most, but rape is extremely specific, so for you to suggest that an unwanted touch or shaming a person is rape is just ludicrous. It absolutely is not rape.
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