Ten Ways Men Oppress Women with Their Everyday Behavior

nationalreview ^ | Jan. 1, 2015 | Katherine Timpf

[PROCON]

Manspreading and manslamming are just the beginning!

By now, you may have heard of “manspreading” – when a guy sits with his legs apart on the subway to assert his dominance — and “manslamming” – when a man doesn’t get out of the way of a woman on the street and they run into each other.

While these are definitely very important women’s issues, there are still so many more we need to be talking about. Here are ten words for even more ways men are constantly oppressing women:

1. Broplimenting

This is when a guy says something nice to you without asking for your consent first. Men should always ask. “Do you consent to me complimenting you?” before saying anything nice or else it’s assault. No, nonverbal cues don’t count – he still has to ask for explicit consent before offering that kind of affection.

2. Mansulting

This is when a man says something really mean to you. You know, like, the opposite of a broplimenting. Mansults are worse than insults because each one is another brick being added to the fortress of the patriarchy that surrounds you every day no matter how hard you try to fight it with hashtags on Feminist Twitter.

[PROCON]

Cute satire by a conservative reporterette.

Guilty or not-guilty?

[WayneS]

i like her. She’s funny and smart.

[Fightin Whitey]

May I inquire as to whether she would be willing to oppress me?

(Oh press me! Again! Again!)

[Vigilanteman]

I’m voting for cute satire. It is actually pretty comical and explains why men are stuck in a ‘damned if you do’ and ‘damned if you don’t’ trap in regards to our relations with women.

[rlmorel]

I would guess generally not guilty, and without clicking on the link, I think is is pretty funny satire so far!

Broplimenting...gotta love it!

[Blood of Tyrants]

There are many man-haters out there for whom this article is gospel.

[Da Coyote]

Love the pic.

She’s got that “I’m smarter than the sum of the progressive dork-O-nauts out there” look.

And she’s right. (In so many ways.)

[CatherineofAragon]

Over the weekend a big Grizzly-Adams type guy smiled and me and said, “You really have some pretty hair.”

I should have screamed, “You SOB!”

;)

[PROCON]

I should have screamed, “You SOB!”

;)

You should have screamed "Rape!"

The sexist basturd :-)

[Sparky1776]

She’s on Red Eye on occasion - she’s awesome.

[IronJack]

She forgot the "con-pliment," which occurs when men seemingly compliment women on their appearance, but in reality are just flattering them so that they can get in their pants. Besides, a woman is so much more than just her appearance. That's just more sexist objectification for ya.

Oh, and then there's "pig-norance." That's when men fail to notice the extraordinary lengths women go to to look nice. Men are so narcissistic that they overlook the $100 manicure and the kelp-ostrich egg shampoo imported from Micronesia, plus that cute bob you just spent half a month's salary on. Pigs!

[Georgia Girl 2]

Funny! :-)

[struggle]

With a face like that, you know she’s bringing the sarcasm.

[AppyPappy]

He was raping your hair with his eyes.

[chesley]

10. Mensoring This is when men censor their cool partybro bro-time stories around women because they don’t think we can handle anything offensive.

Seriously? Treat us the same! It’s not like we’re easily offended or anything! That should settle the question of satire.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[CatherineofAragon]

LOL

We live in lunatic times.

[februus]

I think she’s totally cute (of course, I married a blonde who is cuter!) - here’s one of her video reports interviewing Sn. Cruz:

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=4799

No Guilty!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Over the weekend a big Grizzly-Adams type guy smiled and me and said, “You really have some pretty hair.”

If it had been a Comanche, there might have been a problem.

[Pajamajan]

Hilarious! She has the liberal-speak down.