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81 Women Get Brutally Honest About The Things Men Just Don’t Get

81 Women Get Brutally Honest About The Things Men Just Don’t Get

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Empathy allows you to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and see the world from their perspective. However, that’s easier said than done. Because of their limited life experience, some people have huge blind spots related to the challenges that others face. Every. Single. Day.
In a series of online threads, the women of the internet got real and revealed the tough daily problems that they have to deal with that many guys are simply clueless about. Keep scrolling to get their perspective on the toughest parts of being female.

#61

That the way some of his friends interact with women is not charming, it's just downright creepy and disgusting.
10points

#62

Strangers talking to you. Constantly.

Most guys can go run an errand without people walking up to them and saying stuff - granted it’s normally offering help but I can dread leaving the house because I don’t want to interact with people. like last time I bought ice cream I was taking a moment to decide and a random guy came up to me and told me which one he would buy. Thanks ... I was just thinking about what I was in the mood for. (He was the second person to chat at me during this grocery store run)

I guess people commenting on every stupid little thing you do?
10points

#63

I don't know how other men feel about this, but my boyfriend could not understand how I can have a male gynecologist. He must have argued about it with me for an hour, how it made no logical sense because the doctor doesn't 'have the same parts.' He kept equating it to going to a mechanic who didn't own a car or a dentist who didn't have teeth.
I countered by saying that's like saying my vet can't see my cat if he only has dogs, or like saying no male doctors can deliver babies since they can't give birth. It wasn't a weird jealousy thing, he honestly kept telling me the doctor couldn't possibly do a good job because he didn't have the same body parts as me. I told him it was possible because he had gone to school and made gynecology his field of study, and you can understand something even if you don't possess it. He just kept shaking my head like I was an unbelievable dunce.
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10points

#64

How uncomfortable the last couple of weeks of pregnancy are.
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9points

#65

For online creeps, they almost NEVER get it into their heads that you don’t want to see their pics or send pics to them, even if you tell them so a million times. I swear some of them turn into zombie blockheads, and I don’t mean that in a good way.
9points

#66

I'm not rude, but I've been hit on enough in inappropriate settings that I like to keep my head down in public and not engage with strangers. If you said something non "threatening" I would respond with a smile no problem.
9points

#67

That even though my husband is a kind, wonderful man that things done to me in the past by other less kind men has me reacting harshly sometimes to things he says/does that are well meant or just clumsily done. The triggers have become a part of me, even though I know it's not rational or fair.
(Therapy is your friend ftr.).
8points

#68

Having to go to the bathroom just to wipe.
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8points

#69

Sometimes, "fine" actually does mean "fine." Don't assume we're upset all the time.
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8points

#70

What it’s like to be a stay at home mom.
7points

#71

“Waste of makeup” days.
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7points

#72

Sometimes we are scared to say what is wrong because some guys don't understand the problem, or just ignores what has been said.

Edit: what I meant is I don't come forward with my problems to any male friends or family male. Because I find it that my brother either doesn't understand or doesn't care, and we don't have the best past and it might be affected by that.

I usually talk about stuff more to my sister than anyone in my inner circle of friends/family.
6points

#73

The difference between shampoo and conditioner. God read the bottle instead of complaining to me that my shampoo "doesn't foam".
6points

#74

Bra doesn't fit right, always have to adjust -_-
6points

#75

Why I come to some of the conclusions I do. Sometimes I just don’t feel good about something and it has nothing to do with anything that can be quickly troubleshot ima. Conversation.
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5points

#76

Scalp hurting because my hair feels heavy today.
5points

#77

How and why it’s so terrifying to be a woman in the company of a man or several men. Even ones you trust or are seemingly comfortable with.
4points

#78

That our skirts is not an invitation, but they don’t seem to understand that. Ayesha Erotica was right when she said, “I do it for the girls and the gays, that’s it.”
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4points

#79

My irrational emotions I have during my period.
3points

#80

Where we want to eat.
3points
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