Humanity works in a way where we’re constantly learning about one another. But learning doesn’t mean telling someone else how something should work just because they think that way – especially when it comes to genders.
Today’s Reddit post is about women sharing scenarios where men told them, “that’s not how women work.” I mean, it sounds audacious.
Reddit user Gamestar02 asked the following question to the women of Reddit on AskReddit:
“Women of Reddit, What’s your ‘That’s not how women work.’ moment?”
Here are nine of the best responses, most of them are so unbelievable that they’re almost funny.
1. robo-dragon shared:
“The first guy I dated wanted to go swimming, but I told him no because I started my period and felt sore and crampy. He asked me if I could finish it before the end of the day so we could go swimming the next day…bruh, I wish it was that easy!”
2. trashytamboriney got explained how she should handle her cramps:
“An old boyfriend once explained that if I was having cramps, I just needed to do what his ex did: ‘there’s this one yoga pose that will make that shift in the uterus that usually takes a few days happen in just a few minutes. It drops, and then your period is done in one day instead of four or five’. He couldn’t elaborate any further, (what ‘shifts’? What ‘drops’?) But he swore he was 100% right his ex cut her period down to one day with yoga.”
3. Aceandmace got told by TV and unrealistic expectations:
“Person on TV gives birth. 5 minutes later, belly is flat and back to normal.”
“THATS NOT HOW THAT WORKS.”
4. GSG_2022 shares a hilariously true remark a lot of women get:
“‘I prefer girls who wear little or no makeup'”
“references girls with tons of (pink and neutral colored) makeup”
5. saturnplanetpowerrr had a controlling partner:
“Guy I was dating wanted zero body hair at all times. No stubble either. We clearly stopped dating.”
7. Emu_on_the_Loose speaks for a lot of women:
“Basically anytime a teenage boy tries to describe anything in or about the female body or brain…”
“So confidently ignorant! So exquisitely condescending! Makes you want to pull your hair out some days…”
8. tropicalzhu got told by her own mom:
“I heard this with my own two poor ears from my own mother: ‘When a woman shaves her leg, hair shouldn’t start growing until the next 4 or 5 days. Only men grow hair every day.’ MOOOM”
9. CaptainTryk fixes an old saying:
“The ‘men age like wine, women age like milk’ phrase. Then you look at pics of women like Selma Hayek and Catherine Zeta-Jones and take a glance at most men around their age. Maybe, just maybe, some people are blessed with amazing genes while the rest of us look like dehydrated potatoes by the time we hit 40. Got nothing to do with genitals. I have only ever heard this phrase uttered by men who cannot seem to keep any woman around for more than a year at the time.”
“And in the spirit of equality I will say that there is definitely a female equivalent to this kind of attitude and they too cannot seem to keep a man”
10. MiladyWillDo shared about morning sickness:
“My (male) manager at a past job tried to tell me when I was pregnant that morning sickness shouldn’t affect my work because it only happened in the morning.”
This post has over 2000 comments, read them all on Reddit here.
Ladies, have you been through something similar? Share your stories in the comments below.
Source: Reddit
