So Twitter is a bit depressing today. One of the trending hashtags at the moment is #LiesToldByFemales and, yes, it’s the misogynistic cesspool that you might expect, a vast assortment of not-very-original stereotypes about women — sorry, females — and their allegedly lying ways. The female-bashing tweeters — some of them female themselves — aren’t even terribly original in their complaints, and most of the tweets seem to be reworkings on a few very basic themes.
We have the good-old fashioned trope of the female-as-narcissist, forever obsessed with how she looks — and given to lying about how much work she puts into her appearance.
#LiesToldByFemales ill be ready in 5 mins -_-
— Ken Speaks (@SpeaksKen) March 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/xstepheezyx/status/441301976781815808
Then, of course, there are the cheating “females.”
https://twitter.com/j4keh4rris/status/441295523610255360
https://twitter.com/ATLREPPA/status/441302902964224000
And the evil, evil females who tell people they’re “fine” when they’re really not so fine at all:
https://twitter.com/steveo396/status/441327634375376896
But most of the Tweets — or at least the most virulent ones — seem to be devoted to not-so-good old-fashioned slut-shaming. A favorite target: the slut pretending not to be s slut:
https://twitter.com/jbdangles/status/441311430319804416
I'm a virgin. #LiesToldByFemales
— Chopstixx (@AsianKenDoll) March 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/jaleenelia/status/441304024969539584
https://twitter.com/Codehhhhh/status/441316300350947328
The strangest variation on this theme is the following:
#LiesToldByFemales I don't suck dick
— mahmood (@MahmoodHawa) March 5, 2014
This particular meme is, for some strange reason, quite popular; versions of it have been Tweeted dozens of times by dozens of different people since the hashtag started up yesterday.
It’s a strangely revealing complaint. There are only two scenarios in which I can imagine a man getting angry about this statement from a “female.” Either he’s angry at a woman who didn’t give him a blowjob (even though she’s allegedly given blowjobs to other men), 0r he’s angry at a woman who did give him a blowjob (even though she said she didn’t do that). Really?
In the first instance, he’s essentially announcing to the world that he’s an asshole who’s jealous that women are having sex with men other than him; in the second he’s basically showing himself to be an ungrateful asshole who never deserves to get a blowjob ever again. Either way, dude, you’re not the one who looks good here.
The one heartening sign in all this: a few intrepid souls have ventured into the swamp to subvert this noxious old meme.
"I love human mating practices, and also I am definitely not three big lizards in a trench coat" #LiesToldByFemales
— Meals (@Eatingmeals) March 5, 2014
#LiesToldByFemales "touch the humming sphere. go on. do not wear gloves. think of your worst fear while doing so. its perfectly safe"
— on bluesky at explod.es (@egg_dog) March 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/nymphofthewoods/status/441304073094983680
We read your last tweet and your father and I are so proud of you, son. #LiesToldByFemales
— i am carbs (@I_am_carbs) March 5, 2014
Give it a shot yourself — I have. At least if you can stand being in some pretty repulsive company.
NOTE TO LARGE CORPORATIONS: I wouldn’t recommend jumping into this particular hashtag if I were you. Might not look so good alongside some of the other Tweets. I’m looking at you, JC Penney.
#LiesToldByFemales I don't need another pair of shoes. http://t.co/TDppxkECQU
— JCPenney (@jcpenney) March 5, 2014
Ooh, that’s original.
#LiesToldByContrapangloss
Also thank you kittehs for the advice on the other thread. Unfortunately I don’t have Firefox, so the Blockquote Monster will probably eat me eventually.
Oh noes! A sacrifice in waiting.
“Of course I’ll use the comfy bed you’re making for me”
“Of course I’ll settle down once I’ve pestered you into providing a lap”
“Of course I’ll eat the food I’ve been yowling for for the last half hour”
#LiesToldByFelines
My budgies’ only lie is “I meant to do that.” They’re very amusing, but not very good at lying.
I think “I meant to do that” is a widespread lie among critters (humans included). Kitties rely on it a lot. 😀
Niters all!
I am totally absorbed in my work and would never use the internet for personal reasons within working hour. #liestoldbyeveryone
No, I haven’t been sleeping on the sofa ALL afternoon!
#liestoldbymydog
Woodie! Is that a doggie?
#liessometimestoldbymetomydog
You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist Prince Alyudi Ekbar, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. #LiesToldByEmails
http://bbc.in/1kAjl77 – “I ‘ve given up smoking” #liestoldbybirds
I’m 10 inches
#LiesToldByCaterpillars
I just want to put the tip in
#LiesToldByFelinesWithToysNearGapsUnderHeavyFurniture
It’ll be quick
#LiesToldByWindowsUpdater
Everybody’s doing it
#LiesToldAboutZumba
I just want to snuggle
#LiesToldByBoaConstrictors
I just want to look at it
#LiesToldByArtThieves
My bed is extremely comfortable
#LiesToldByBedBugs
I’ll give you hours of pleasure and fun
#LiesToldByBadVideoGames
I’m not looking for sex
#LiesToldByBonobos
I’m really rich
#LiesToldByCheapChocolateCandyBars
It won’t hurt
#LiesToldByHallwayCornersInTheDark
Where are you writing from again?
Anyway, there are places in the U.S. where female toplessness is illegal (not where I am, proud to say), so exotic dancers wear little stickers over their nipples so they’re technically in compliance. Make them out of metal, and you’ve got what passes for armor for a lot of female video game characters.
@ zippydoo
http://cdn-usa.gagbay.com/2013/07/translation_i_see_what_you_did_there-321463.jpg
@kitteh
See: nipple pasties armor
You forgot that it starts out INVISIBLE. So you don’t know your mission is going to shit until it’s their turn to move and you hear the metallic clacks from their steps… brr.
Galumphing Frisbees, Kim!
Now I really, really want to make the hashtag a truthful one, but… Did it mean I’ve already added too much ridiculousness, and thus have already lied? Or does it mean that I need to make another one up?
Better safe than sorry, I suppose:
“This is just a beautifully contrasting flower, little bee! I’m not actually trying to ambush you by exploiting your love of contrast!”
#LiesToldByCrabSpiders
“I’d never bite the living day-lights out of your arm for rubbing my belly one stroke more than I demanded. I’m a NICE cat.”
#LiesToldByFelines
“Nobody here but us ants!”
#LiesToldByJumpingSpiders
There! Happy now?
🙂
Ally, seranvali – ah, that’s what they are. I’m in Australia and I’ve no idea whether those things are used here, not knowing anything about what exotic dancers can or can’t do. Women aren’t allowed topless outdoors here, either (apart from some beaches, I think) but I’d be very surprised if dancers have to wear those things.
Yeah, here in NYC (and maybe in New York State as a whole, I’m not sure) women have the same right to go around topless in public as men, but the only time I’ve seen anyone actually do so is at the Mermaid Parade, the Mardi Gras-like celebration that marks the official beginning of the season at Coney Island.
And maybe the Naked Cowgirl in Times Square.
“There definitely aren’t 100 of us hiding in your bucket of tiles waiting for you to empty it out.” #LiesToldByCrickets
“I didn’t lay my eggs in the lining around the sunroof of your car, so that my many children could descend on you when you opened it on a lovely spring day while driving on a winding mountain road.” #LiesToldByFemaleSpidersTocloudiahWhenSheWasYounger
“It’s OK, that thing with the spiders will never happen again”
#liestoldbyme
“I’m not going AUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH just imagining that.” #LiesToldByMe
*bursts open, spawning a new blockquote monster*
I haven’t listened yet, but this podcast was posted to facebook today, and I’m hesitant to even click play because it’s glaring bias is right there in the header image. It’s a “libertarian” discussion of whether or not men should have to pay child support. Might be worth an article here if it’s gross enough.
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/men-exempt-paying-child-support-podcast/#axzz2vCAQxMbT
I’ll tell you the first comment I saw was a pathetic “thought experiment”
Proving once again that anti-child support advocates have NO IDEA what it actually costs to raise a child, and that child support almost always puts women at a deficit, not a surplus.