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Man Here!

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IcedPurple · 19/06/2018 16:54

Actually no.... not really.

But has anyone else noticed the frequency with which men will come on to post about mostly female interests to dispense their pearls of manly wisdom?

I'm thinking of posts on subjects such as fashion or beauty. I don't really post there, but on The Guardian beauty discussions you'll invariably see something along the lines of "Man here. I just want to say that we straight men really don't like make-up. You should just be yourselves! Don't get conned by the beauty industry ladies!" As if women are too thick to make their own informed choices and as if they were wearing make-up - or whatever - purely to gain male approval.

Have to say it annoys me no end. Such entitlement. I mean, women don't go on to football threads and tell them it's all a waste of time and they should focus on something more constructive, do we?

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CardsforKittens · 19/06/2018 17:52

If I want a man's opinion I'll read his entrails ask for it.

IcedPurple · 19/06/2018 17:49

That's the funny thing! They think they're doing us wimminz an enormous favour by descending to the girlie discussions to grant us the honour of their male presence.

But like I said above, women just don't do it in reverse, do we? It's a man thing.

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AnotherQuoll · 19/06/2018 17:40

Yep. And every one of them thinks they're some kind of heroic pioneer. The first Man to stake a claim by posting his very own topic in the feminist forum. I can almost picture then planting a little penis flag in the thread title.

PermissionToSpeakSir · 19/06/2018 17:28
Grin

Even Nigels are guilty.

IcedPurple · 19/06/2018 17:23

Lol! And when you call them out they invariably get super snotty "God. I thought you might just like to get a male perspective on this. That's all."

Flounces.

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Halebeke425 · 19/06/2018 17:10

Whenever I see this happen I always imagine a little trumpet fanfare in my head followed by the announcement, "A Man has arrived"

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