Dear Cosmo, I hate you. 14 extremely debatable things women do "better" than men.

whiskeyjack1 · 2013-07-25T02:49:22+00:00

imagine it the other way around, claiming that men are better learners, smarter, cleaner, just generally better human beings than women. oh the shit storm. but saying that women are better than men, yay equality.

the best point was "we graduate college more often". yes you do, after colleges were rearranged to cater to the needs of women for decades. before that, men graduated more often and it was called oppression of women. the bigotry is unbelievable, when men graduate more we need affirmative action for women, and when we are at the point where women graduate more often, it is because they are better than men.

Poisoninthewound · 2013-07-25T09:52:27+00:00

How incredibly distasteful. They'll brag about living longer, being more attractive, smarter, more immune to disease, more likely to finish school, and less likely to be hurt by societal or economic pressures, and yet they won't see men as being oppressed, less fortunate, or downtrodden in any sense; Cosmo would likely publicly mock you for even suggesting it if they felt they'd sell a magazine for it.

The worst part is that most of their conclusions are based off very tenuous data, like the higher IQ claim(where if you read the article about the study it says that this is the first time in history that their IQ has exceeded mans and only just so). Imagine if a professional publication said "We're Smarter: Look at our IQs, fellow white and Asian people. They greatly exceed those of African lineage". It would be considered appalling, outrageous racism, and the backlash would be devastating. People would pour out of the woodwork to denounce the publication, the validity of IQ, and the supremacist tone of the list

check your privilege

TracyMorganFreeman · 2013-07-25T04:50:21+00:00

We learn better

Study points to performance in school, i.e. grades, so that's not leaning better.

We're smarter

This seems to be pointing to the study comparing teenage girls and boys. Given that boys' brains aren't fully developed until their mid-late 20s and girls are in the final stages of brain development by late teens and are fully by early 20s, they're not comparing apples to apples.

We're cleaner

Given the amount of bacteria around everywhere, I doubt that different really matters.

We interview better.

Couldn't have anything to do with the artificially valuing of gender due to affirmative action. Of course their link sends you to another cosmo link about how women are better than men, then finally sends you to the study itself, which seems to compare anxiety alone.

So women perform similarly with more anxiety, which makes them better how?

We evolve hotter

After following more than 2,000 people through four decades of life, the study showed that attractive women had 16 percent more children than average-looking chicks and that beautiful people are 36 percent more likely to have a daughter as their firstborn. All those gorgeous daughters mean more beautiful women than in past generations.

So women have more children and are judged for their looks more. How progressive of you Cosmo.

We survive more car accidents than men.

Yes, let's ignore the severity of the accident. In reality women are more likely to be in an accident per mile driven and more likely to be injured or die for a given severity.

But since women drive less, and are in fewer severe accidents, this silly statistic doesn't reflect that.

We're better at seeking comfort.

Maybe if men had a better expectation of getting it, they'd seek it out more, and that includes the discouragement from women shaming men for seeking it out.

We're more recession proof.

Ah yes, women predominating things that are lower paid and have less obsolescence is proof you're better, which is why women's groups lobbied for the ARRA to have more money go to women dominated industries despite the recession hitting the resource sector the hardest.

That really sucks...but hey, maybe it's time more men became nurses and educators.

Maybe feminists shouldn't be feeding hysteria about men being predators.

We graduate college more often.

Couldn't have anything to do with bias in the education system from primary school up. No way /s

We eat healthier

Guess what. Mens' and women's basal metabolisms aren't the same. Men can get away with more, both physiologically as well as socially.

We have stronger immune systems.

This one is true, but then again it's known since...forever.

We live longer.

Probably double dipping here with the last one, but then again there's the bias in healthcare helping that. Living longer doesn't make you better either. How callous is it to saying you're better than your fathers/brothers/husbands that you'll outlive them?

We're better managers, especially in this economy.

Better middle managers maybe, but if you want to the whole "results=causes" mentality Cosmo, then men are far better big picture types given board member representation.

how to activate passion in their employees."

Oh please, that's just stupid business buzzword talk.

We invest better

Hmm the link to the study is dead. Can't really examine it either way, but I'd be skeptical and say they ignored when people hired brokers-the majority of which are men-to manage such investments.

ThePigman · 2013-07-25T10:44:49+00:00

"We're still annoyed at the recent study that found men throw better than women (we know puh-lenty of women who can out-throw men)."

Yes, because knowing a few women who are six feet tall contradicts the idea that men as a group are taller than women as a group.

Blithering, sexist claptrap not worthy of any more of my time.

WordsNotToLiveBy · 2013-07-25T04:38:12+00:00

Please make a screencap(s) of the site next time so we don't give them more traffic for their shitty articles.

LovelyRage · 2013-07-25T05:09:03+00:00

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kungfukai · 2013-07-25T09:12:59+00:00

Don't even go to their comment section.

Vandredd · 2013-07-25T11:15:34+00:00

Its Cosmo, trolling is what they do

mjs726 · 2013-07-25T11:59:45+00:00

Assuming any of this is true, and I don't, why aren't feminist doing anything to correct this? We all know that men need more feminism. /s

LovelyRage · 2013-07-25T17:25:12+00:00

5 Women evolve hotter - "...the study showed that attractive women had 16 percent more children than average-looking chicks and that beautiful people."

How would that ever be an advantage??

Lonemango · 2013-07-25T04:06:45+00:00

Can someone post the 14 things here, I don't want to give traffic to that rag.

Anyway, articles like these prove to me that women (at least in this country) have a huge inferiority complex. People don't do make posts like this if they truly thought of themselves as equals. Imagine a magazine saying how much better Asians are than white people because they do better on I.Q. tests, or ten ways black people are better in sports than white people. It would be absurd.

Like my dad would say"Tell me what you brag about, and I'll tell you what you lack. (or what you think you lack) "

Crimson_D82 · 2013-07-25T03:22:21+00:00

Most of these are myths that have been disproven.

ThePigman · 2013-07-25T11:01:45+00:00

"According to a study of IQ tests from around the world, women have higher IQs than men. Researcher James Flynn checked out the IQs of people from the U.S., Europe, Canada, New Zealand, Argentine (sic), and Estonia, and found that women came out on top. Score."

TIL that there is a new country called Argentine!

As for the study, as i recall, it compared women's IQs to a hypothetical male average of 100 not the actual male average of around 105.

MechPlasma · 2013-07-25T11:08:47+00:00

According to a study of IQ tests from around the world, women have higher IQs than men.

This is the most annoying statistic I see over and over again. Because that's not how IQ tests work. They're supposed to be designed to be fair to both sexes, because they DO think differently. If the average for either sex isn't 100, the test is BAD!

kaesylvri · 2013-07-25T12:57:42+00:00

Please stop linking cosmopolitain.

Each time you click a link there, for example with this multiple-page bullshit list, you give them revenue.

They don't deserve to be linked for this tripe, especially since it will never actually stop them from creating BS articles in the first place. .-.

theskepticalidealist · 2013-07-25T15:03:16+00:00

I guess that Cosmo love was predictably short lived

2013-07-25T10:29:25+00:00

If that is all true, and lets just give them the benefit of the doubt, lets say it is all true and it is undeniable...

WHY THEN OH WHY ARE THEY STILL FUCKING BADGERING SOCIETY ABOUT EQUALITY!?!

StarsDie · 2013-07-25T13:57:58+00:00

Using IQ to prove whites are smarter than blacks - that's racist.

Using IQ to prove women are smarter than men - that's different.

Captaincastle · 2013-07-25T02:59:32+00:00

Lol oh cosmo

ZeffC · 2013-07-25T20:17:27+00:00

The thing that pisses me off most is how every number loads up a different page, I had to press back like 15 times!

2013-07-25T22:32:40+00:00

Holy shit I shouldn't have read that now I'm pissed off

KamikaziWarrior · 2013-07-25T22:58:27+00:00

Huh, despite them claiming to have studies backing the majority of their claims, none of there links actually led to any of the studies. It was just other articles with no or similar sources, or the home page of a university.

Note: I didn't bother trying to search for the specific study on the university website.

2013-07-26T00:56:23+00:00

/r/ShitCosmoSays

TheGDBatman · 2013-07-26T03:50:27+00:00

What? Cosmo makes shit up and panders to their readership? I don't believe it.

2013-07-26T12:21:21+00:00

Better managers my ass.

2013-07-25T12:41:48+00:00

This is what feminist porn looks like.

LAMFF · 2013-07-25T14:05:03+00:00

Gold Digging, should be number fucking one on this list.

rbcrusaders · 2013-07-25T03:53:12+00:00

"better managers" makes me laugh the most. I have never been around a good female leader, ever. they just arent good at it. they are weak and appeal strictly to emotion, usually picking other women for important jobs when it is obvious they arent as good and are mentally weaker/stupid.

synnndstalker · 2013-07-25T18:42:29+00:00

Does anyone truly believe this? I mean come on. Just edison alone invented more than every woman in the history of forever put together.

mmsf03 · 2013-07-25T15:09:33+00:00

I didn't even read the article because anything that comes from Cosmo can't be taken seriously. This is the magazine that gives the idea to use hot sauce in oral sex. And reading the comments here, some of you are doing the exact same thing as cosmo. I couldn't care less about which of the genders is better. I care about myself and the people I know. It's ridiculous the amount of attention these things get and even more ridiculous that cosmo is still in business.

ccccccchhhhhhhhhhhh · 2013-07-25T19:05:07+00:00

Read it again and imagine it was about race...

sgtskwerly · 2013-07-25T03:50:32+00:00

This is awesome news! Maybe now feminists will stop proclaiming all women as being disadvantaged or oppressed. Maybe...who am I kidding, feminists don't read cosmo.

avantvernacular · 2013-07-25T15:41:22+00:00

15. Better at being a narcissistic bigot, apparently.

Title	Dear Cosmo, I hate you. 14 extremely debatable things women do "better" than men.
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Date	July 25, 2013 2:42 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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5 Women evolve hotter - "...the study showed that attractive women had 16 percent more children than average-looking chicks and that beautiful people."