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Emma Snaith
Mar 02, 2019
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For as long as novels have existed, male authors have managed to write hilariously inaccurate descriptions of female characters.
It can make you wonder whether some of these writers have ever actually met a woman, or if they’re simply bringing their deepest fantasies to life.
In response to the alleged male inability to write women, author Witney Reynolds set the women of Twitter a challenge: to describe yourself like a male author would.
And now nearly a year later, the challenge has resurfaced after journalist Lucy Huber tweeted:
Men writing women characters: She was beautiful but didn’t know it. She was 5’7 and 101 pounds. Her feet were size 3. Her hat size was Infant. She’d never thrown up, even once. Her periods lasted 45 minutes. Her top was see-through.
Men writing women characters: She was beautiful but didn’t know it. She was 5’7 and 101 pounds. Her feet were size… https://t.co/pNfXadtR0T— Lucy Huber (@Lucy Huber) 1550430457
Lots of people replied with their own hilarious examples.
@clhubes "She seemed sad. But a sexy kind of sad. A deep, sexy sadness. A mysterious sexy sadness, one i could neve… https://t.co/ZGpyQKj5SJ— laurie bolewitz (@laurie bolewitz) 1550441007
@clhubes @_Modusa when she cried it was a single shimmering tear, no redness, no puffiness. she never got angry. ev… https://t.co/UnrxAnjqFv— southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (@southernplayalisticadillacmuzik) 1550433564
@lynbw @clhubes @_tammeraa @_Modusa https://t.co/zAPGROgkdl— Jonathan Gould (@Jonathan Gould) 1550462721
@clhubes She looks into the mirror. Sigh. No she’s not a beauty - her eyes too large and blue, her lips too full an… https://t.co/g4wWM0aTBA— csckirk (@csckirk) 1550453725
@clhubes She didn’t speak much but he knew everything about her that was important (her physical appearance) she la… https://t.co/eytsRBLgik— Ann Burke (@Ann Burke) 1550458543
But let's not forget that she was 'clumsy'.
Brilliant.
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