16 Instances Of Micro-Misogyny That Prove The Patriarchy Is Everywhere

    Penises are not the same as authority, bro.

    1. When guys call their ex-girlfriends "crazy."

    2. When waiters automatically give the check to the guy at the table.

    3. When a dude suggests that we've reached equality in the workplace: Just look at all these women!

    4. When you're playing an outdoor game (bocce ball! shuffleboard!) with another woman and a dude comes over to tell you how to play "the right way."

    5. When a guy takes it upon himself to order dinner for you. "And she'll have..."

    6. Or when a server assumes that the man will taste the wine you ordered.

    7. When a guy you've never met tells you to smile.

    8. When guys assume you're just bad at drinking games so they never want you on their team.

    9. When a guy starts defending Woody Allen, R. Kelly, or Roman Polanski's "artistry."

    10. When a man riding a bicycle pulls in front of you at a stop light because he assumes he must be a faster rider, even though he has only seen you on your bike at a full stop...and then you pass them immediately.

    11. When a guy tells you you're "overreacting."

    12. Or asks you, at any point, for any reason, if "it's your time of the month."

    13. When a man INSISTS that all women MUST get off the elevator before him.

    14. When a guy sits down next to you on the plane and automatically takes over the armrest.

    15. When you're the only girl in the weight room and a guy comes up to ask if you "know what you're doing."

    16. And when a dude does THIS on the subway.