Being a woman is exhausting.
Not just because you have to think about your safety in ways others don’t, manage a 28-day hormonal cycle, or work twice as hard to climb the career ladder. But also because, somehow, women still have to listen to men confidently spewing nonsense about their bodies, experiences, and lives as if they’re the experts.
It happens so often that Reddit has an entire community—Not How Girls Work—dedicated to calling it out. Here, the most laughably wrong takes on women get the mockery they deserve, giving everyone a space to collectively cringe and commiserate.
See the subreddit’s best (or worst) posts below and join us in venting in the comments.
#1 This Doesn’t Get Talked About Enough
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#2 Abortion Rights Are Human Rights. It's A Fact
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#3 Truer Words Have Not Been Spoken
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#4 "Just Sharing Something That Could Be Pertinent To This Conversation."
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#5 Vp Kamala Harris On Aspiration
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#6 Well... It's True. Unfortunately
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#7 This
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#8 This Is How Girls Work
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#9 Double Standards
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#10 Women Aren’t Rehabilitation Centers For Badly Raised Men 💯
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#11 I Agree With The Comment
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#12 This One Article:
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#13 Points Were Made
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#14 Back Pain Is A Serious Issue
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#15 Thank God We Don't Have Ankles
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#16 The Reply K****d Me LOL
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#17 Nice Guys™
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#18 They Go Crazy When You Say This
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#19 Found On Facebook
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#20 I Had To Change The Original Because It Was Too Perfectly Written
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#21 Janine Tate Appreciation Post ✨
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#22 A Related Phrase Could Be “Without Your Approval.”
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#23 In Light Of Recent Events
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#24 That’s…
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#25 Women Really Are Not Safe Anywhere
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#26 😳 Someone Needs Anatomy Lessons
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#27 Priorities
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#28 I Admit I'm Not As Advanced As This Guy But This Doesn't Sound Right
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#29 This Is How Girls Work. I’m So Sick Of ‘Happy Wife, Happy Life’ Nonsense Like Us Women Feed On Men’s Misery
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#30 Yep
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#31 Biological Women Don't Have Hairy Armpits
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#32 Excuse Me?
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#33 A Big Sacrifice
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#34 Being Against Grooming Means You Hate The Victim!
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#35 I Didn’t Know It Was Their Job To Cook For You🤔
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#36 Nothing Screams Romance More Than This
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#37 How About Not Policing What Women Wear?
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#38 So Discharge Isn't Real And Panty Stains Are A Sign Of Infidelity!?!?
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#39 I Thought This Was Serious At First
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#40 Girls Suck At Math
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#41 Uh-Oh. That Sounds Like P*do-P*do-P*dophiliaaaaa 🎶
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#42 Wtf I Just Read?
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#43 Girls Over 125 Are Obese I Guess 🤷♀️
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#44 They Finally Said The Quiet Part Out Loud
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#45 Every Time I Think Pearl Hits A New Low, She Goes And Outdoes Herself Again
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#46 Thanks, Facebook
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#47 Not Only Stupid But Also Offensive To R*pe Victims
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#48 I Don't Think This Holds As Threat Tbh
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#49 A Man Questions Whether Forcing R*pe Victims To Give Birth Heals Them
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#50 Step Aside, Feminism—lisa’s Got It All Figured Out, One Perfectly-Timed Snack At A Time!
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