# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/61 "2005-01-19T16:18:29Z")
[ul] [li]If you are having a baby girl and even remotely mention how one name that she adores reminds you of That Cute Girl from High School, your wife will never ever like that name again.[/li][li]Oh, and it is your fault. You bastard![/li][li]If the kids are misbehaving, even if you are at work. It is your fault[/li][li]If the kids are misbehaving and you are at home. It is your fault[/li][li]If it is your night to watch the kids and spend quality time with them and you fall asleep on the living room floor and the kids become free-range children in the frig. It is most certainly your fault.[/li][li]If you go on a romantic vacation and she sees someone wearing the same swimsuit as her and the other woman looks better in it. It is your fault.[/li][li]If you are in debt, despite not having made a purchase other than a cup of coffee every morning for the last year. It is your fault.[/li][li]If you put a .79 burrito from 7-11 on your credit card when you are two blocks from home and starved, she will never let you forget it.[/li][li]If she buys another purse that she doesn’t need and probably will never use and it cost $150, she will hide it in her closet and pull it out pretending it was lost. Despite the credit card bill stating otherwise.[/li][li]When she wears control top panty hose, she will be crabby.[/li][/ul] ---
**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 19, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/62 "2005-01-19T16:47:30Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Women will generalize about men in web forum posts but get very upset if men generalize about them. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5737461#post5737461) ya go. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/63 "2005-01-19T16:58:31Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Women will generalize about men in web forum posts but get very upset if men generalize about them. **catsix** will generalize about women in ways that obviously don’t include her, confusing me. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/64 "2005-01-19T17:15:52Z")
I for one can’t stand women and their never-ending power plays, thinking they run the roost and shit, for that is what I do - rule the roost like the big cock (rooster) that I am. I plan on starting the 2005 He-Man Woman Hater’s Club at the earliest opportunity. But I have to go now, my girlfriend has determined that I am not spending enough quality time with her and I must depart the dope. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/65 "2005-01-19T17:18:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1. > 2. > 3. > 4. > 5. > 6. > 7. > 8. > 9. > 10. Women have breasts. > 😃 :rolleyes: Spoken like a true virgin. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/66 "2005-01-19T17:30:00Z")
You only need to know one, boys: 1. Women are _obviously_ the superior sex. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/67 "2005-01-19T18:33:45Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > You only need to know one, boys: > > 1. Women are _obviously_ the superior sex. > > 😉 Sad to say, I can no longer believe this. Not because of you, dear. You are obviously superior. Aw, crap. Now she knows I like her. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/68 "2005-01-19T19:30:14Z")
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Men have full wallets :rolleyes: Are we done fighting ignorance yet? ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/69 "2005-01-19T19:53:46Z")
> [@](#): > > **Dorkness** said: > catsix will generalize about women in ways that obviously don’t include her, confusing me. I just think that a societal double standard exists whereby it is acceptable to generalize about men, but it is not considered the same when the women are the topic up for generalizing. To be honest, I think both are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/70 "2005-01-19T20:34:11Z")
It’s funny: As a guilty pleasure, my wife watches the occasional TV movie featuring Men Behaving Badly, especially toward their Wonderful, Brilliant Female Companion. The Lifetime Channel is especially good for such pap. Frankly, though I think the shows are total steaming crap (poorly written, poorly acted, rotten production values, horrendous background music), I don’t find the plots altogether implausible. In fact, a number of them are based on true stories. One particularly egregious example featured John Ritter acting the part of a physician who poisoned two of his wives (the protagonist was an ex) with selenium, giving them inexplicable chronic symptoms that ultimately led to their deaths. I lasted about 10 minutes before I had to flee the room to go play with power tools (in this instance, I’m serious: I was charged with the task of building some shelves). I poked my head in about five minutes before the end, to see Dr. Ritter calling his ex-wife from prison, making empty threats about an appeal. The epilogue informs us the poor woman died soon after of cancer caused by the poisoning. These tales of feminine woe at the hands of Bad Men lead inevitably to the following sort of conversation: “That _bastard_.” “Yeah, sounds like he was a first-class S.O.B.” “What a _bastard_!” “Mmmm.” “How could he _do_ that to his _wife_??” “I dunno. Guess he was deranged or something; a sociopath of some sort.” “That poor woman. That’s just awful.” “Yep.” I feel the eyes on me. “Men are just dogs.” “Yep.” “You would never do that, would you?” “_What??_” “Look, if we’re having relationship troubles, I want to know about it before you go and do something clandestine.” “What in the _hell_ are you talking about?” “I’m just saying.” “O.K. Honey, I promise not to poison you to death if you piss me off.” “You mean you promise not to poison me at all.” “Well…” “You men are dogs.” “You don’t say.” “A while ago, I saw another one, and there was this guy, this total fucking bastard, who had something like three wives. He was a pilot, and he had a wife in every city he flew to, practically.” “Wow.” “Can you _believe that_?” “Words fail me.” “Awful. Awful, awful, awful.” “Speaking of awful, what sadist was responsible for that craptastic John Ritter vehicle, anyway?” “Don’t make fun of my show. I don’t want to think, I want to relax.” “And get paranoid about homicidal maniac husbands.” “Right.” “And that’s entertaining, I take it.” “Go build your shelves.” “_Your_ shelves, you mean.” “Go off! I discard you! Let me enjoy my private!” “Mmm. When I’m done, I want my red meat rare and bloody. Got it?” “Get out.” “Man need meat…go to basement…build wall…::grunt, belch, grunt::” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/71 "2005-01-19T21:00:21Z")
_Tries to figure out if it’s offensive or funny, then decides to try anyway_ Women are an enigma, because they possess nature’s rubix cube. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/72 "2005-01-20T01:08:07Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5737461#post5737461) ya go. For the reading impaired, the OP to which you link bemoans ignorant and offensive stereotypes–as exhibited by much of this thread–against _both_ genders. And I for one agree with her. All that “kernel of truth” shit is just one of the excuses people use to screw someone over based on prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/73 "2005-01-20T01:09:40Z")
My comment about reading impaired is about some of the people in **featherlou’s** thread who seem to ignore the universality of her complaint. Sorry for posting twice in a row. ---
**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 20, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/74 "2005-01-20T02:22:17Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > For the reading impaired, the OP to which you link bemoans ignorant and offensive stereotypes–as exhibited by much of this thread–against _both_ genders. > > And I for one agree with her. > > All that “kernel of truth” shit is just one of the excuses people use to screw someone over based on prejudice. Read the full thread. _I_ wrote the kernel of truth statement and it was a _misstatement_. It’s been revised (as well as it can be) to ‘perceived’ kernel of truth. ---
**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 20, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/75 "2005-01-20T02:32:38Z")
Gee. I saw it as simply low brow humor. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/76 "2005-01-20T02:49:34Z")
/throws bucket of water on impending flame war 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/77 "2005-01-22T16:38:42Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Aw, crap. Now she knows I like her. This is a bad thing? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/78 "2005-01-22T20:10:00Z")
> [@Unintentionally Blank](#): > > Read the full thread. _I_ wrote the kernel of truth statement and it was a _misstatement_. It’s been revised (as well as it can be) to ‘perceived’ kernel of truth. That’s swell. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306/79 "2005-01-22T23:18:32Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > This is a bad thing? 😉 Well, it does sort of ruin my plans to be suave and all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-really-know-about-women/285306.md?page=3)