Kate Hackett
AskReddit was recently asked by u/WF6i,
“What would you say are the biggest advantages of being male?”
It’s a big question that can definitely be loaded; we combed through the list and found some of the best ones: the most true, the most entertaining. Enjoy!
1. Proving credibility
“Not having to prove my credibility. The shit my wife has deal with at her job makes my blood pressure go through the roof.” —u/DCstroller
2. POCKETS
“Pockets of reasonable size on every piece of clothing. I can carry anything I can think of while keeping my hands free!” —u/Bull749Fox
3. Periods
“Not having periods. I can’t even imagine how much that must suck.” —u/waaful
4. Bathroom lines
“Short [restroom] lines at concerts and amusement parks.” —u/nerdmoot
5. Stand up!
“We can pee standing up.” —u/Lancestorm03
6. Pregnancy
“Not having to carry a pregnancy and give birth. It really does take a toll on your body. Yes, it’s beautiful and miraculous and whatnot, but it’s exhausting just to watch. And the birth? My goodness, I couldn’t bring myself to stare directly at the sun. Y’all are tough.” —u/okthenamechecksout
7. Not Default
“Society largely structured to treat me as the default, unfairly.” —u/2WaterGuns
8. Terror
“I remember shortly after first being married and my wife asking me to come with her to get gas at night. At first I was like, ‘Aw, that’s sweet, you want some company while you go put gas in your car?’ And she was like, ‘Uhhhh no, I don’t want to feel afraid that someone is going to attack me while I go put gas in the car.'” —u/adamislolz
9. Options
“Less options for most products like clothes and soap.” —u/ZakTSK
10. How we look
“Not everything is about how you look. Women aren’t even allowed to age; everything since the minute a girl hits puberty is ‘how to look better.'” —u/Throwaway7894325103
11. Being taken seriously
“Being taken seriously and that I know what I am talking about, even when I don’t. It pisses me off when I have to get on the phone when the dealer is trying to feed my wife some bullshit when she has to take the car in. I am like, “No, we are not going to pay $100 to change out the cabin air filter because the car has 30,000 miles. This specific car doesn’t have a cabin air filter you lying sack of shit.” —u/rcuadro
12. Wedding culture
“No wedding or baby showers. No bridesmaids dresses. Women have a ridiculous amount of social expectations that they have to live up to.” —u/foldingthetesseract
13. Shaving
“No expectation of shaving anything below the neck.” —u/zjanus89 —u/bigmam666
15. Becoming a target of sex
“I’m starting to understand how damaging it is for women to know from a young age that they are the target of sexual desire. Like being Brad Pitt but without any of his money. Of all the freedoms I have as a man, one of the most valuable must be the knowledge that nobody is ever looking at me.” —u/leberkrieger
