# 10 things men really know about women **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306 "2005-01-18T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/21 "2005-01-18T15:51:24Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Maybe you should put a warning on this thread: Contains Inane Generalizations and Stereotypes. I suppose I coulda guessed that from the title, though, but I was hoping for better. Mine wasn’t inane. Just boorish. ---
**Author:** ![petelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@petelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petelin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/22 "2005-01-18T16:21:32Z")
What about #11? _11. Despite numbers 1-10, we men still can’t seem to imagine life without them._ ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/23 "2005-01-18T16:39:26Z")
> [@petelin](#): > > What about #11? > > _11. Despite numbers 1-10, we men still can’t seem to imagine life without them._ Good point; 11a We need them WAY more than they need us ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/24 "2005-01-18T16:59:11Z")
9.9 are usually insecure about meaningless things, which commonly results in a variety of conditions typically labeled as: psycho, crazy, or bitch. Or a combination therof (crazy-psycho-bitch). I blame society for this though (not necessarily women) so don’t start flaming me…! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/25 "2005-01-18T17:50:51Z")
> [@](#): > > 9.9 are usually insecure about meaningless things, which commonly results in a variety of conditions typically labeled as: psycho, crazy, or bitch. Or a combination therof (crazy-psycho-bitch). > > I blame society for this though (not necessarily women) so don’t start flaming me…! Yeah…you gotta watch out for that last 0.9 of women. They’ll bitch at you for mistyping things. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/26 "2005-01-18T17:55:48Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > 9.9 are usually insecure about meaningless things, which commonly results in a variety of conditions typically labeled as: psycho, crazy, or bitch. Or a combination therof (crazy-psycho-bitch). > > I blame society for this though (not necessarily women) so don’t start flaming me…! And then we move from inane, boorish generalizations to insulting ones… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/27 "2005-01-18T18:02:20Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Good point; > > 11a We need them WAY more than they need us Women are smarter than men because they have always possessed what we have been seeking. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/28 "2005-01-18T18:11:57Z")
Allow me to suggest one that some men don’t know but would find helpful: 1. Women are individuals. Generalizations about ‘women’ are not usually relevant to any specific woman, and the best way to understand what a specific woman is thinking or feeling is to ask her to explain. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/29 "2005-01-18T18:12:42Z")
1. If you think you have figured out women, go back to square one. 2. Women are the same species as men, or so they tell us. 3. Women do not know how to shop. Of course, they say the same thing about us. 4. If you buy a woman roses for the first time, she will say, “How did you know,” and your position will improve, if only temporarily. 4a. If you are buying the roses to atone for some damnfool thing you did, disregard 4. 1. Women crave appreciation and recognition. Men do, too, but we usually forget that women do. 5,6,7,8,9,10. What? There are more? Zounds! ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/30 "2005-01-18T18:15:21Z")
I stand firmly behind “She’s Right”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/31 "2005-01-18T18:18:23Z")
Womem are totally sweet. It’s their job to flip out and kill people. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/32 "2005-01-18T18:35:48Z")
Once the three of us were musing over the finalists for a page three girl contest. **KellyM** said she liked one better than another because she had a better face. Hubby bewilderedly said, “Faces? They have faces?” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/33 "2005-01-18T18:41:25Z")
Nevertheless, I stand by my position as expressed in post #17. ---
**Author:** ![JeffyDMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JeffyDMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffyDMan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/34 "2005-01-18T18:42:01Z")
> [@FisherQueen](#): > > Allow me to suggest one that some men don’t know but would find helpful: > > 1. Women are individuals. Generalizations about ‘women’ are not usually relevant to any specific woman, and the best way to understand what a specific woman is thinking or feeling is to ask her to explain. 2.) If you ask a woman what she is thinking, the reply will be, “Nothing”. To pursue this matter further is at risk of life and limb. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/35 "2005-01-18T18:48:34Z")
When a woman says, “We need to talk” what she really means is “Sit down, shut up and listen.” ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/36 "2005-01-18T20:26:31Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > 1. If you buy a woman roses for the first time, she will say, “How did you know,” and your position will improve, if only temporarily. > > 4a. If you are buying the roses to atone for some damnfool thing you did, disregard 4. 4b. Not all women like roses, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/37 "2005-01-18T20:30:09Z")
4c. Some of us love roses, but get really bad hayfever if you buy them for us. We won’t be able to appreciate them because either we will have stuffy noses and watering eyes, or the anti-histamines we use to combat the hayfever will knock us out. But we still like them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/38 "2005-01-18T21:08:08Z")
4d - My apartment number. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/39 "2005-01-18T21:23:17Z")
1. Sex with(in) them is better than without them 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/40 "2005-01-18T21:26:03Z")
Guys could not handle living with such high maintenance equipment. If it were up to men to actually procreate, we’d be dooooomed. (Add the aforementioned TOTM, Childbirth, Hot flashes, Bikini Wax, and Martha Stewart and I KNOW guys couldn’t handle the stress.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306.md?page=3)