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to tell these wankers on the train that they will never get laid?

23 replies

TheBloodManCometh · 07/09/2014 20:16

If this is how they view women?

Sat on the train opposite two twenty something lads. Very average looking, bordering on ugly. I don't mention their looks for any other reason other than that they are talking very loudly about all the "hot chicks" that they "wanna bang" at university.
One has just finished describing, in graphic detail, one "hot bitch's" bum - gestured to demonstrate how it moves when she walks. They have spent most of the time sniggering whilst they talk.

AIBU to sit and silently fume over their conversation? (I can't say anything, im a wimp)

Why is it acceptable to talk like this? You'd never hear a woman talking about a guy like this.

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walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 20:19

I think you would hear women talking about men like that.

TheBloodManCometh · 07/09/2014 20:20

Really? I've never heard women speaking like that!

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LePamplemousse · 07/09/2014 20:22

Recently I sat next to two blokes on the plane who spent most of the journey talking in a similar way but also rating all the females they knew out of 10.
It's not nice to listen to, but sadly it's really, really common.

pictish · 07/09/2014 20:23

You'd never hear a woman talking about a guy like this? Not true.

walkonthewildside · 07/09/2014 20:24

Have you read some of the threads on here about 'hot men'?

LadyCybilCrawley · 07/09/2014 20:25

Some (not all) males are children until they are about 30 years old Smile

That helps me to remember when contemplating early adult male behavior

They talk like that because 1. their hormones rule their brains and 2. Their parents didn't teach them manners.

KeithTheCat · 07/09/2014 20:26

I was sat in the pub last night with DH and his pals, they were all talking about someone one of them pulled. she was referred to as 'fake tits'. everytime DH laughed I gave him the death stare.

but then the conversation turned onto how she never replied to his multiple text messages, muhaha.

LadyCybilCrawley · 07/09/2014 20:26

Oh and if they talk like this in the train you can probably well imagine the other issues they may have in making their way in the adult world - karma

KeithTheCat · 07/09/2014 20:27

I do agree woman do the same thing. but not me.

Hammerandnails · 07/09/2014 20:28

They are kids, they are probably completely insecure and have no real chance of pulling a hot chick. Give them 10 years and they may be by 'nice' men. It's not a great conversation to listen to but didn't most of us talk rubbish in our teens? Just laugh it off, they are young foolish boys.

TheBloodManCometh · 07/09/2014 20:28

I'll revise my comment to "it's less common to hear women talking like that" though I've never heard it myself.

I wouldn't have a problem with "hot men" or "hot women" it's the tone of the thing and the graphic descriptions

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TheBloodManCometh · 07/09/2014 20:30

They're not in their teens. They're the same age as me!
(They've been talking about the one with the stupid hair's birthday party. I'd make a great spy)

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TheBloodManCometh · 07/09/2014 20:30

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LadyCybilCrawley · 07/09/2014 20:33

Nope - for some guys the twenties are still classified as their teenage years Grin

Hammerandnails · 07/09/2014 20:43

Sorry I missed that, I was thinking Uni age 18-21. They are still boys though, just be grateful after the train journey you don't have to spend any time with them ever again.

poolomoomon · 07/09/2014 20:49

They sound like the inbetweeners tbh. They know the 'hot chicks' will not 'bang' them. They'll be lucky if they even get a second glance. And yes, women do talk like this about men which is equally as abhorrent.

PiperIsOrange · 07/09/2014 20:54

Of course women objectify men.

I do especially hot celebs

ILovePud · 07/09/2014 21:14

Ugggh, I agree they sound very immature, I think it's particularly disrespectful to be talking like this infront of you. I know some women do talk like this about men too and it also makes my toes curl.

hormonalandneedingcheese · 07/09/2014 21:30

Sounds like overcompensation to me. YANBU to be pissed off though, their conversation says a hell of a lot about them.

Agreeing that some women do speak like that, I don't tend to hear much from either thankfully but when I have its been from both.

caroldecker · 07/09/2014 21:31

try this over 47,000 posts of women perving over men

fishdishwish · 07/09/2014 21:39

YANBU. I'm a bloke, and would never dream of talking about women in this way. Admittedly I'm 38 now, but even in my teens and twenties I just felt it was wrong, and know that any women I knew would have rightly slapped me down for it.

Sadly, it seems to be more acceptable these days (I think lad culture getting mainstreamed has a lot to do with it), and it seems that young women are just expected to put up with it, or even worse, find it 'cheeky' and endearing...

Bulbasaur · 07/09/2014 21:44

to tell these wankers on the train that they will never get laid?

It's uni. They will.

Give them a few years, they'll calm down and want something more than just a good fuck.

Women go through this too, where they calm down and start seriously considering what makes marriage material.

Also, women do talk and compare and let other's know how the guy was in bed. It's not like women are innocent saints.

Shallishanti · 07/09/2014 21:48

An additional factor here is that these men/boys are behaving like this in a public space and so forcing other people to hear all this crap. So, in effect they are appropriating the space and making it less available (because uncomfortable) for any girl, woman, or right thinking man.
I know it does happen that women sometimes talk like this about men, but I have never heard it in a public setting, normally in an all female workplace or in a social situation where alcohol has been consumed. Still bad, but I don't think it has the overtones of threat and dominance of public space.

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