She’s Asking For It
Men’s Health list the top 10 signs to look for when trying to pick up women looking for sex. Bet there will be an app for this soon. Let’s examine part of the list…
Chatting Up The Bartender
A flirtatious woman can hardly contain herself. She won’t let a male waiter or bartender take her order without flashing a smile and saying something silly, like, “What can you make me that would be really yummy?”
Now see, my first rule would be to avoid anyone who uses the word yummy. Also, why would any man think that a woman flirting with another man is interested in him?
Game PlayingDarts, pool, pinball—women know this makes them easier to approach. That’s why they do it. It’s easy to get a man’s attention when you’re about to jab him in the ribs with a pool cue.
Ladies, did you get that? The only reason women play these games is to get a man’s attention.
Her Drink is Big, Frozen and Blue
I did not make that up. Everyone starting to get the theme of this article?
She’s a ChatterboxIf she leans forward when you’re talking or asks you endless questions, the only way to shut her up is to kiss her.
The only way to shut her up is to kiss her? There is so much wrong with this statement I’m not sure where to begin.
She’s Wearing Thigh-High StockingsWomen only wear sexy underthings when they’re expecting a man to see them. If she’s wearing a thong, she’s trying to avoid panty lines, but sex is on her mind, too. Anything black, red, pink, leopard print, or lace equals “I want you.”
Is this guy for real? Let’s sum it up this way…
- So… if a woman is flirting with another guy she really wants to have sex with you.
- If she’s playing darts or pool she really wants to have sex with you – even if you’re not the person she’s playing darts or pool with.
- If she’s drinking a big, blue frozen drink she wants to have sex with you.
- If she asks you questions… kiss her to shut her up and she’ll want to have sex with you.
- If she’s wearing sexy underthings they have nothing to do with her preference and comfort she simply wants to have sex with you.
Anyone else find these “signs” disturbingly similar to a rapist’s defense? Yes, I did shudder when I typed that, but this entire article from Men’s Health could be titled “She was asking for it.” And while the author dances around the “have sex” and “have sex with you” comments his opening line is quite disturbing.
Some women go out looking for sex. Here’s how to find them and make it happen.
Find them and make it happen.
Tags: feminism
The list clearly describes Jodie Foster in the 1988 film, The Accused. I guess I took the wrong message away from that movie.
Amanda Marcotte writes a lot about how some publications aimed at men treat sex as a game and something “win” away from women and not as a mutual decision between two people. This fits right up that alley.
I can’t imagine how to have a relationship with someone who finds women an annoying inconvenience like the writer of this article. It’s also depressing how many rape apologists there are. It’s amazing how much this article sounds like the justifications that Ben Roethlisberger made about raping that college student in a bar.
You have to be pretty defensive about your feminism to take an article in a mass market men’s magazine seriously. Next time you are in the supermarket checkout line, take a look at the women’s magazines and see how they stack up against this one in terms of gender stereotypes.
Oops, I broke my rule about not saying “you.” I don’t mean it personally.
Don’t worry, I won’t take it personally!
I think the women’s magazines are trash, but they do tend to focus on what women can do to make men interested in them. (Yuk!) Strangely enough, I started writing this post in a tongue in cheek fashion, but, by the end of it, I realized that it really wasn’t funny.
I do realize that most men (at least the ones I know, and, of course, the ones who comment here!) laugh at this article. What I don’t find funny is the group of men reading this and thinking, “I always suspected women playing pool were looking for sex.”
I am looking at the June 2010 issue of Cosmo right now. The article titled “How to Let Men Know That You Want to Have Sex With Them” clearly states that large, blue, frozen drinks are the key to getting the message across.
Interestingly, the next article titled “How to Know if a Man Wants to Have Sex With You” consists entirely of the word “Duh”
Three or four frozen blue drinks pretty much seals the deal.
This is a dangerous joke to float, what with the Right wing in this country who feels that using the N word is liberating the black man, and giving more money to the rich will help the poor. They are likely to use this as a legal defense in a rape case… when it fails, they will blame the socialist liberal media and release a pack of momma grizzlies on us.
I have as many problems with women’s magazines as I do with men’s magazine. Men’s magazine messages: women are awful, the only thing they’re good for is sex. Women’s magazines messages: the most important thing you can do with you life is marry a man and have babies.
Maybe men who frequent bars, that have pool tables, where women may be playing, are looking for sex. Ladies — stay away from those bars. Unless, you want– those kind of men.
LG,
Are you a subscriber?
UI,
The other message from women’s magazines is: “Ten Thousand Ways To Have An Orgasm.”
I always thought the whole bar scene thing was superficial. The best place to hook up is the beach. In the meantime, would someone get a.price a blue frozen drink.
too much sugar. I’ll take a vodka with vodka.
Note: I was not actually looking at the June 2010 issue of Cosmo. That is all.
“I always suspected women playing pool were looking for sex.”
The jokes write themselves. The one laughing the most is whoever got paid for writing the article — and it’s probably the same person writing for Cosmo under a different pseudonym.
All the Freudian sexual imagery and symbolism is there; sticks, balls, holes, bending over for the shot… For those with a vivid imagination and no sex life, it’s a potential orgy.
Gee,I don’t know.I think I’m too shy to score.