18 Questionable Textbooks That Made Me Say, "I'm Sorry, Have You Met A Woman Before?"

"This is an age when many women flatter men by striving to imitate them."

Disclaimer: I know many of these texts are dated or include outdated ideas to outline the history of research, but like, come onnnn. Also, these texts include outdated and inaccurate assumptions about sex and gender. Go figure!

1. This view that sheds light on those evil, evil women: 

From my criminology textbook, old Lombrosian views of women, “morally more deficient and have greater evil tendencies” from menwritingwomen

2. This Freudian nightmare: 

My brother is currently covering Freud in his psychology course, and came across this masterpiece in one of the official textbooks. from menwritingwomen

u/HelinoFriskino

3. This passage that got horny for literally no reason:

Came across this in my philosophy textbook. We love random, pointless, imaginary sexualization of women. [The Wine Is in the Glass by Daniel Kolak] from menwritingwomen

4. This text that gave me the urge to vomit: 

Every time I post here it is always from my textbooks... “A modern day expression of the ancient urge to reproduce” from menwritingwomen

5. This passage that might as well say, "Shut up women, you're fine!":

This is an excerpt from a textbook made in 2017 from menwritingwomen

u/meowmixiddymix

6. This passage that talks all about our antsy uteruses: 

An excerpt from my abnormal psychology textbook. Hippocrates writing women. TIL my uterus wanders in my body because it wants to produce a child. from menwritingwomen

u/kgweicat

7. This conversation that is super normal and not at all weird: 

This totally normal conversation from my Chinese textbook. Anyone else afraid for Li Xiaomei's life? We're on chapter 8 and nearly every dialogue involving a woman is either about shopping, or her SO telling her she needs to stop eating so much so she doesn't get fat. :/ [HSK3] from menwritingwomen

8. This monstrous example that made me internally scream: 

An actual excerpt from my surgical textbook that was printed in 2020 from menwritingwomen

9. This book that's full of bosoms: 

From “The Storm”, in my Literature textbook. It’s riddled with descriptions of bosoms. from menwritingwomen

u/leifaelfhelm

10. This passage that tried and failed to get to the bottom of my fears: 

No women were involved in writing this marketing textbook from menwritingwomen

11. This passage that NEEDS to STFU: 

Medical textbook describing the “needs” of women. (And only refers to the physician as a male) from menwritingwomen

12. These fascinating mating strategies: 

Do Textbooks Count? from menwritingwomen

13. This diagram that made me die inside: 

My students textbook is horribly sexist.... from NotHowGirlsWork

14. This...whatever this stupid shit is: 

From my Marketing textbook. Because I know everything I do online is related to my gender from NotHowGirlsWork

15. This intro that feels entirely unnecessary: 

From a 50s book on how to sketch people from NotHowGirlsWork

16. This passage about women's anger that made me, a woman, pretty angry:

This showed up on my Facebook memories so I can’t recall what book it’s from, but I know it’s from an 11th c. text from NotHowGirlsWork

u/kilotangoalpha

17. This chart that made me roll my eyes and groan:

From my college text book. I was required to pay money to read this shit. (Apologies for potato quality) from NotHowGirlsWork

u/Waterproof_soap

18. Finally, these helpful tips for flirting that I am totally going to take seriously:

According to a book on body language, this is how women flirt. I, too, walk with my buttocks rolling to display my fertility. from NotHowGirlsWork

Welp, r/menwritingwomen and r/NotHowGirlsWork continue to leave me speechless.