manolith.com. FTP.

Manolith.com's list of the 15 Greatest Lies Womens Magazines Tell is stupid. I could complain about its portrayal of female magazine readers as the most brainless, gullible people you'll ever meet, or about how it's parading as some sort of eyeopening expository journalism, but it's so fucked up that I'll let it speak for itself:

(complete with the photos manolith included in the article)


#10: Women should act on every impulse and call it instinct--"they basically advocate that women should do whatever they want, when they want, regardless of who they may hurt in doing so. Why? Because they’re women and they should act on every impulse, because those impulses are womanly instincts and they can’t possibly be happy without acting on them. These gems of advice range from quitting a good job on a whim, to basically becoming a prostitute because it sounds fun at the time."


#6: It's a woman's right to be overly emotional at all times--"The idea that women are ridiculously overly-emotional because of their genetics is heavily ingrained into these magazines. They constantly tell women that in order to be happy, they need to express themselves, and they don’t mean to a healthy extent, either. If women followed them to the letter, they’d spend all day, every day, expressing themselves emotionally."


#3: Women are entitled to the jobs of their choosing--"Going along with the constant pushing to be more impulsive, women’s magazines promote the idea that women should up and leave their job not just on a whim, but because they deserve better. According to them, women should get whatever job they want, anywhere, and they shouldn’t ever have to actually qualify or even apply for the position. Companies should come seeking them, because they’re women, and they deserve it. Never is the issue of actual merit or education ever brought up; somehow everyone who works at these places managed to go through life without ever actually working toward anything."



I'll leave you with this gem:
"It’s funny to think that men usually get stuck with the unpleasant stereotype of constant chauvinism, when these magazines themselves belittle women more than the best Burt Reynolds movie."

And you, Manolith.com, belittle then even more. FUCK THE PATRIARCHY.