As any self-respecting male who has ever read or commented on a
Mancouch post can tell you, there seem to be an inordinately large amount of women who comment over there.
What the heck?
We don't invade their
Lovelyish space (at least, not much, and if we do, we never leave evidence that we were anywhere near there).
But I had an epiphany,
so here's 5 Secrets About Mancouch (and its female following).
5) Despite female proclamations to the contrary, they don't understand us.That's right. Women read Mancouch because they want to understand things about men that they never knew. Why DO they leave the toilet seat up? When will they call me back? Where have all the cookies gone? All the men know, of course, "into new Hershey's cookies and cream!” Women don't understand these things, so they come to Mancouch to pick our brains covertly.
4) We secretly like it when women see what we're posting on Mancouch.Why? Well, it's a little bit convoluted. For one, I think we want them to feel like they really do understand us. For some of us, what we post online is the honest-to-goodness truth, and we don't mind them knowing. Those of us who are honest online realize that there are some questions she just isn't going to ask, but wants to know. So we post it on
Mancouch, trusting her curiosity to get her over there.
3) Mancouch plays on female stereotypes of men.
We love this and hate it at the same time. We hate it because tons of the stuff posted up there is in no way representative of the general guy population. We love it because it gives us the opportunity to surprise her. Expectations low = pleasant surprises. She likes it because it affirms what she already "knows" about us, even if she doesn't really know. The kicker about this one is that we know if she takes Mancouch at face value, she will never understand us, but think she knows everything about us! We get to keep our mystery by, every once in a while, obviously flaunting the stereotype.
2) Women can't stand to be out of the conversation.
Sorry, but this is one of those "honest truth" things. Y'all love to be "in the know.” I'm not knocking that. I'm a reporter and an expert eavesdropper. I feel ya'! So be honest with us too. You have advice that you think will help, or you want the guys over there to notice that you seem to actually care about guy issues. News flash: we already KNOW you care about guy issues. What girl doesn't? The only thing you're really doing when you post there (unless you really have earth-shattering advice that will set the world on its ear) is saying what we know you'd say in person, and proving my point that you just can't keep your curiosity on hold.
1) You want us to understand you.
As much as y'all women try to preserve your own mystery, you fear that you've succeeded and men have stopped trying to understand you. Maybe you're right. So you come to Mancouch because you know that's a place where dudes are honest with each other, and figure if you slipped a profound word into a conversation you might get a guy to see you (at least for a fleeting moment) as more than "my chick," or "that babe," or "who's she?"
News Flash: We already see you that way. We preserve the stereotype to keep expectations low. If you think we think of you as only "that chick," then it's a surprise (and bonus points for us) when we do thoughtful things.
I understand you,
Mancouch (and the ladies for whose benefit it's kept alive)!
*** Disclaimer: The Mancouch Team never said we don't want women on the site. This post is just one view from one user. Why wouldn't we want the ladies here? We're guys, we love women
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Comments (149)
Because Mancouch friended me so if I see something of interest to me on my feeds page, I pop over and give my two cents.
It's so they can get back at us for feminism.
'Cause we do what we wawnt, bitch! [/cartman]
Ha, nah.
Uh, maybe it's because some of us are interested in things that people view as stereotypical 'man' things.
Wait, that's too logical.
We come to serve sammiches.
I read mancouch b/c I like most of the "man humor"
haha
To answer all the questions the guys post, asking for women's opinions.
And to get back at you for feminism. So there.
I have no idea how posting on Mancouch gets guys back for feminism or why they need to be got back at. Ask Dare2BDiferentt@xanga. He probably knows, but won't tell.
I'm glad they come around. Place would be pretty dull if we just sat around fartin' & scratchin' all day
@xxmarionettes@xanga - lol! "I come wit sammiches. Pwease let me into da treehouse"
i like that picture
....
oh yeah and the post, good post
Haha.
so in short,
we're juking chix.
epic win.
None of those reasons listed above have anything to do with me lingering here. I WAS subscribed to Lovelyish, and a few weeks later unsubscribed because I didnt' related to a single thing there and I was annoyed with them taking over my subscriptions page. I don't relate to the topics covered here either, but I find some of the entries entertaining to read...a lot of it really having nothing to do with being a man =p
I'm on Mancouch because they sent me an invite. And no, I have no problem whatsoever understanding guys, so that's not why I accepted. I accepted because I like the blogs. Well, most of them.
But #2 is totally true =)
I find the posts here extremely hilarious lol
yes.
And lovelyish doesn't specifically state WOMAN in it, so it's a free zone.
I admitted to #5 a few posts ago. Men confuse the hell outta me. :P
i'm man hunting.
The titties.
Well. That's why I'm here.
@xxmarionettes@xanga -
i loll'ed.
Mancouch is allright.
to see how what men are thinking...and how funny it is.
and i got an invite? lol
Sickle, this is just stellar. thanks for blowing my cover...you.... you knew i wanted to meet my soulmate on Mancouch. thanks. thanks a lot.
but seriously, you make some good points. though i don't know if women come here to be understood so much by men, especially when most of the commenters are women themselves. lol.
unfortunately posts like yours are rare on here, so unless you guys recommend stuff, there's 101 more man-sites i'd like to visit. =P
I'm here because Mancouch sent me a friend invite, and the blogs are interesting sometimes. Honestly, I like reading these blogs over Lovelyish's blogs sometimes [:
hey! i am pretty sure i have that same camisole and little black skirt. too bad i can't balance my 50 pound mega-monitor with ergonomic keyboard as well on my lap as she does =P
*thud* yelp. i've fallen and i can't get up. =)
@YouTOme@xanga - *shakes head* Good one!
The invite but also because it gives me something to think about. Kinda helps me to figure out some of the guys I work with.
@TornadoChaser@momaroo - Same here
If Mancouch doesn't want females here, why do they send us invites? I never would have joined otherwise.