itt blogs instruct you how to be a man

some of these rules are all "respect the lady at all times" while others are suggestions for things that are totally disrespectful in their presumption of what that lady wants / likes. taking a swing at your lady with a pillow might seem fun and spontaneous and silly to you -- pillowfight! squeeee -- but it's also a good way to get cursed out by a lady who doesn't like feeling assaulted!

h8 this shitt so bad

― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 8 June 2011 16:52 (5 hours ago)

yeah, it's totally offensive. all these rules should be "work through your own insecurities then get over yourself" imo. then maybe you can have a relationship that isn't full of bullshit. so many of these for dudes are like "she has daddy issues? then be her daddy!" sex can be so much more than that. "advice" like this objectifies men as much as it objectifies women.

so i mean unless you know they like it then it is definitely Not Okay, gentlemen, no matter who tells you "she'll love it."

yeah, ironically this flavor of "respect" seems to be outside the consideration of this blog

respect your woman, give her an allowance for dresses that aren't too tight or too loose every week, she'll love it.

i love the tight/loose woman/lady dichotomy. for when you're too refined to just come out and say "virgin/whore."

feel pretty comfortable judging anyone who buys into this bullshit

<3 u max

all these rules should be "work through your own insecurities then get over yourself" imo. then maybe you can have a relationship that isn't full of bullshit.

truthbOTMb

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Just don't forget that being attractive is the motivation for your behaviors.

Is parallel construction also unattractive?

No kidding about asking first when picking up a woman and whirring them around. Once did this for fun and got screamed at pretty hard. Didn't mean anything by it.

She calmed down once I got her back in her wheelchair though.

Major guilty lols

sorry i haven't read this whole thread but the "rules of a gentlemen" one reads as if its written by one of those 'sensitive' 23 year old virgin types, whereas the 'rules for my unborn son' is pretty clearly written by someone who reads 'esqure' obsessively

i would like judith butler to write a rules tumblr blog

"rules of a gentlemen" one reads as if its written by one of those 'sensitive' 23 year old virgin types

'sensitive' tucker max variant imo

hey honey aren't your boobs sore.

― Bert Macklin, F.B.I. (thebingo), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 10:31 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol

i wonder what ben rofflesberger thinks about these

spirit of Marc Loi lives on itt

i would like judith butler to write a rules tumblr blog

would reblog

It's days like today that I am super thankful for my commute, which involves very limited exposure to the elements. It pays to work in the same building as your train station.

200. There's actually only one woman. She has been replicating herself for untold millennia. Across the ages, her characteristics and needs and desires are exactly the same across all iterations of this single extant woman, incarnated in billions of variable forms. A man is a person. "Woman" is a breed.

This is so OTM I want to give you a medal. Elmo also OTM over and over. Also, good odds that whatever horseshoe is thinking but hasn't posted is also 100% OTM.

Hahaha okay that bit about my commute is for the Chicago thread. Or maybe it is my advice on how to be a lady:

Never get wet while commuting to work.

yeah that aero post is a+

THE
No. 891 RULE OF A GENTLEMAN

Women can smell your fear.
Compensate by acting like a fucking jackass.

not all of this is idle male fantasy. there are women that buy into old-fashioned gender roles/codes and shit.

I don't think the point is that ALL of the advice is stupid or that NO people are ever like "this" or "that", the point is that IF YOU ARE LIKE THAT, THEN BE LIKE THAT, AND STOP READING ABOUT HOW TO BE LIKE THAT. Anyone and everyone who has said that this is about constructing a self made of outside advice because of your crippling insecurity otm.

ok so there is also this:

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what in the world

THE
No. 322
RULE OF A GENTLEMAN

Put a towel on the floor by the two-inch gap under the door.

i mean okay i guess i can read a positive message in that but uh -- xp

How to Have Sex Like a Man

1. Engage in intercourse.

2. Stand up.

3. Hold out your hand.

4. Say “Thanks!” and “Goodbye.”

5. Gather your things.

6. Walk to the door with confidence.

7. Open the door.

8. Walk away.

loll

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hmmmm...

fuck you girltips

also lol Tracer

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*sigh*

"...bitch!"

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this is a pretty clear indicator of a borderline personality, y/n?

those kind of sound like random Facebook status updates TBH

I thought those girltips were ironic and meant to point out the craziness of the How to be a Lady ones, but I guess not???? I like that there is NO man worth a girl's virginity. None.

oh maybe they are!

yeah girltips is definitely not the same sort of advice but still horrible and disgusting, also pretty certain they have no satiric intent

oh jeez, these are all so, so fucking ridiculous, but I almost can't bring myself to get upset over them bcz it's only a niche thing that only ppl who already feel this way are going to seek out, not some huge widespread mainstream publication. Though OTOH this is, of course, just perpetuating all of this bullshit, and very few things set me off like queer/gender politics (reinforcement of dumb gender roles being a big one). Is it unfair to say that the ladies who eat this kind of shit up are probably just as dull and as the guys?

This is just really fucking stupid, I guess.

just, thank heavens for @feministhulk

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brb gonna shoot myself in the face

i feel like the ladies who eat this kind of shit up are probably 12. maybe the guys, too.

OH GOOD

that last one cannot be serious

I was just looking at the rest of the site and yeh, the context suggests that it's probably not satire :(

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FOR SHAME

ya dude that jersey shore one is the one where you stop being upset and just ryde and walk away; these probably aren't changing anyone's mind or "teaching" anyone anything in the first place

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okay wendy shalit