Women Are the Scariest Thing in the World, Ask Any Man
If he dares to admit it.
Look at them, with their narrow shoulders and silky hair! Enough to make your blood curdle inside your veins. They could petrify any man’s heart with their innocent smile and sweet perfume.
Women! Scary, aren’t they?
As a woman with a lot of guy friends, I learned a long time ago that men are petrified when it comes to women they are interested in, or a group of women, or even women in general.
Let me tell you 2 little stories:
Story no. 1, which inspired this article:
I remember this one time when my boss came into my office. I used to share an open space with 6 other ladies and a guy. The guy happened to be taking a day off that day. My boss is also male.
He comes in and seems a bit shy. Kind of looking behind him and smiling awkwardly.
We ask:
‘What’s going on? Are you ok?’
‘Well yes, but…umm… Jack is not in today.’
‘Is there anything we can help you with?’
Silly us, we’re still thinking this is a work issue.
‘Umm… no, it’s just that there are so many of you here.’
We still don’t get it. There are just as many as usual, minus one.
He continues:
‘There are only women in the office today and it’s kind of weird, I think I’m scared‘, he says with a crooked smile.
I don’t think our roars of laughter helped. He left.
When Jack came back they probably held each other’s hands in front of the massive female threat in the office.
Story no. 2:
About 3 years ago, as I was about to leave for a class of aerial yoga, I met a friend right outside my door. A guy. I asked him to join the class with me and he gladly accepted.
The problem was that when we got there, the participants were exclusively women.
He panicked and wanted to leave.
I asked what the problem was and he told me in the most sincere and heartfelt tone possible:
‘You have no idea how afraid us men are of women!’
I blinked slowly and said nothing. I already knew.
He called another guy friend to attend the class with him.
A man alone in the company of a lot of women is just too much for some guys to handle.
While men fears sometimes seem silly, they are actually pretty easy to understand.
Rooted in their first relationship with a woman, their mother, these fears have to do with being controlled, dominated, or maybe even humiliated by a female figure.
Being abandoned, ignored, or made to feel inadequate are also high on the list of reasons why men find women scary, are afraid to approach them, or sometimes put them on a pedestal.
Women compensate for this with being afraid of spiders and mice, the inability to open pickle jars, and lift a desk above their heads.
I hope this makes the situation a lot easier on you, gentlemen.
While men are afraid of being laughed at, women are afraid of being physically harmed. Should we call it even?
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