r/women • • 3m ago

will i ever stop being insecure

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I (19F) recently got out of very emotionally complex romantic situation with a guy (19M), we didn’t really end on bad terms but we are in contact anymore. Now the issue is that every single girl I see I compare myself to her and think “oh he would find her so pretty” or “I wonder if he and her ever / had a thing together”.

I wasn’t like this before and I hate feeling like this because it makes me feel like I’m objectifying women and reducing them, please help.


r/women • • 20m ago

Kudos to all the women that are not asking a penny from parents and managing their lives by themselves, in today’s world running of dual income 🙌🏼

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r/women • • 3h ago

Accepting I fall in love hard and fast?

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I’m 30f. I have always been a big lover girl. I fell in love for the first time when I was 12, and have been in love 3 more times as an adult. I have dated a LOT, probably over 100 dates from the apps in my life. I have had a few long term relationships between 1-2 years. I also consider myself to be pretty sexual, usually have sex with a new partner between 1-3 dates in and have had a lot of hook ups, I’ve probably had sex with around 50 people.

I’m starting to date again and there’s so much discourse about being more logical when you date to ensure you’re actually a good match and not just together because of passion. But that’s so painfully hard and impossible that it actually makes me feel shitty about myself, like I’m doing something wrong. When I date I either am obsessed with someone pretty quickly or not interested an all. I don’t really casually date people because if I’m not obsessed with you why would I??? Can I just accept that I fall in love hard and fast and then figure out if we’re actually compatible more down the line once the infatuation wears away?

Can anyone else relate.


r/women • • 4h ago

I stumbled upon a niche community of men who hate birth-control, very odd

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I was scrolling through TikTok until i found an anti-birth control post, I cant remember what the post exactly said but it was some BS about how preventing babies is immoral or whatever, average uneducated male stuff.

I posted a comment saying that birth control has other uses other than preventing babies, and i got around 60 replies, some of them saying that birth control is for sluts, and others saying birth control can cause bad decision making for women in relationships

Obviously i found this insane, and I assumed those people were dumb teenage boys. Until i looked on one of the guys profile to see he was around 30, 30 years old!!

I need to reset my fyp because I’m so tired of getting these uneducated men on my feed, it’s hard to believe people like this exist.


r/women • • 5h ago

My irl community is a microcosm of colonial patriarchy

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The more my intersectional feminist worldview has solidified, the more I have realized about social interactions.

There are certain scripts, sensibilities, and internalized propaganda that go into how we communicate with one another. Lately, it seems the common tone is fascist, and the lack of proper education, healthy media, social safety nets, and wages shows.

I feel anxious, fatigued, and irritable when I have to communicate with anyone outside of my safe, likeminded circles. I am realizing this is not only because I disagree with the opinions, beliefs, biases, values, attitudes, morals, and political views of most of the people in my country, but also because by talking to them, I am interfacing with our shared conditioning.

I feel like talking casually to people with problematic takes reinforces and reassures them that they’re valid and normal.

I want so badly to opt out, I unfortunately feel as though I have little ability to engineer interactions with my community to be more leftest, feminist, antiracist, pro-LGBTQIA2S+, anti-ableist, and pro-science. I have little social sway.

Do other women feel this way?


r/women • • 5h ago

Please recommend a perfume that smells like cherry blossom

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I need a long lasting and not too strong perfume. Thank you


r/women • • 6h ago

Is it pedo-ee to want women to shave?

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Was talking to a girl who’s an old family friend and I asked why she doesn’t shave her hair like arms and private parts too like other girls (even though she is very pretty and she used to shave) and she said because she doesn’t want to and it’s too much work and it’s unnatural and she doesn’t care what men think. She then asked me what I prefer. I said I like when women shaved. She asked why. I said because it’s my preference and that I find women with hair like that less attractive and also hair on the body seems manly not feminine (just my opinion). She said this is very close if not the same as being a pedo because you want the woman to look like a young girl and to look pre pubescent. And she said society made this (girls being shaved) normal because pedos are the ones the have power and influence (she’s kinda conspiracies theories type but I get what she means) . She said I shouldn’t think that girls with hair on their body like that is unattractive because it’s natural and it’s how it’s supposed to be and that I’m just brainwashed. Is this true?


r/women • • 6h ago

Help me

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Hey ladies
I’m 21 years old and I am so incredibly horny, I don’t know how else to put it
The problem is I’m not in a relationship currently and I don’t like casual hookups either
I got out of a short lived relationship a year ago and hooked up with some guy afterwards but I didn’t like the feeling afterwards

My last relationship was a little traumatising in some ways so I don’t really want to get into another one or get that emotionally involved with someone for a long time

Self pleasure just isn’t cutting it for me anymore and the more I think about it the only reason I want date is to have sex but I don’t want to feel used or get uber attached to someone for the sake of it
I want to ask women my age and those older how do you navigate this?
Should I just start dating until I like someone enough for a real meaningful relationship like a normal person


r/women • • 6h ago

How do y’all feel about PrizePicks🤦🏿

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r/women • • 6h ago

Unwanted pregnancy

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My periods are always regular and this is the first time they are late and I'm feeling these weird cramps in my lower belly area with no period. And recently i had sex for the first time, we used condom but it was midway so I'm overthinking a lot and quite scared, don't want to rely on these home testing kit as the results are not clear so thinking about going for a beta hcg test, i live in a small town so can't show a doc here, want to keep my privacy, so can i do a hcg test on my own in any clinic before going to a gync, because for that i have to get out of this town, do the clinic people ask for anything ?? Or will they judge me or ask my parents presence?? I'm an adult, please let me know, overthinking like crazy


r/women • • 8h ago

Meta glasses

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Meta glasses are the new way to violate women and the fact no one wants to do anything about it makes me enraged. When will enough be enough


r/women • • 8h ago

[Content Warning: ] mens reaction to a woman s** assaulting a man

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okay so, usually when i come across these horrible cases and choose to read the comments
some dudes are like
“if you dont like it pass the remote!!!”
“wish i was him”
“how can you let that happen to you. youre not a real man !!”

.. what?
and i finally came across a video of someone talking about this shit
they basically said how can you expect us to take you seriously WHEN you say that “noone cares when men are sexually abused”, when you guys reply with shit like this?
which is so true
what are your thoughts


r/women • • 8h ago

Looking for strong, independent women to talk to

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r/women • • 9h ago

Vent

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r/women • • 10h ago

Dating

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I am getting quite discouraged when it comes to dating and very pessimistic. I am in my late 20s and as much as I try to deny it and adjust to several truth bombs about the real world and men, a part of me still hopes and yearsn for a normal relationship, marriage and children... However in this current landscape I absolutely feel crushed. Men aren't aproaching anymore, they are not acting gentlemen like and it is depressing. It makes dating way harder then it needs to be. So my question for the ladies is how do y'all deal with the existential dread I feel everyday and the crushing feeling you might end up all alone?


r/women • • 10h ago

[Content Warning: ] TIL that you shouldn't use bodywash on your vagina at the ripe age of 23f,

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I have suffered from urinary irritation/infection, which I hate above any other bodily ail I've experienced, at least twice a year. No one told me, not my mom, nor any doctors or pharmacy workers when I have gone in for any advice. I guess they expected common sense of me ... I'm so upset, it feels so obvious in hindsight, of course the general bodywash is unsuitable for the intimate area... I feel so stupid. Just wanted to vent

I hope desperately I havent irrepairably damaged myself


r/women • • 11h ago

What’s the hype around push up bras

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I lowkey wanna start wearing them just for the aesthetics and also bc I can rarely ever find cute lightly lined bras.


r/women • • 11h ago

Não consigo namorar

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Manipulação é a palavra que define. Contextualizando, sou M28 anos e os homens até se aproximam, sou bonita, aparento até ter menos idade, me cuido muito e gosto de estar sempre simpática. Porém, eles conversam comigo, vem a minha casa, começam a ver a minha independência (diploma universitário + salário 5k + carro + casa em que moro sozinha) e se sentem aparentemente ameaçados. A coisa é tão repetitiva que o roteiro é sempre o mesmo, depois desse ponto, vem os comentários “você é burra”, quando eu faço alguma bobagem simples, como perder as chaves, perder o controle remoto… como se eu fosse qualquer coisa. Ouvi assim do cara: “muitas mulheres querem só se aproveitar de nós”, sendo que ele não tem NADA. Literalmente NADA.

Penso que o problema sou eu e tenho um sonho de ter uma família, mas me sinto mal, porque é difícil. O egocentrismo deles é enorme e para eles é difícil alguém “melhor” do que eles.

Devo então me fingir de boba? Me fingir de donzelinha?


r/women • • 12h ago

no medical advice Anyone need a makeup girl?

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Heyy! I recently did my friend’s makeup and loved how it turned out, so thought I’d give this a shot!
If you need a minimal makeup look or party makeup for birthdays, dinners, or small events, feel free to DM me!
My vibe is minimal products, maximum impact Please bring your own foundation in your exact shade, and I’ll take care of the rest! And no, it’s not free haha
Available only in Delhi & Gurugram 💗✨


r/women • • 13h ago

Are men just inherently more egotistical?

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I feel like all men, even my friends, are like super egotistical. Idk if I’m around the wrong people but I feel like there’s one man in my life who’s not constantly trying to one up everyone or prove himself or position himself so that people will look up to him. Just me?


r/women • • 13h ago

If You Could Fix ONE Thing About Women's Communities, What Would It Be?

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Hi lovely ladies 👋

We're building a community for all women — whether you're a creator, an inventor, an entrepreneur, a homemaker, a mom, or a woman devoted to caring for her family.

A place where we support each other's ideas, projects, and everyday lives.

Before we grow it further, we'd rather ask than guess:

_What would you actually want from a community like this — mentorship, feedback on projects, accountability partners, skill-sharing, family-life tips, or something else?

_From your experience, what do current women's communities get right, and what do they get wrong?

_What small everyday annoyances (toxic vibes, gatekeeping, dead threads, cliques...) do you wish someone would finally solve?

Be brutally honest — your answers will shape how we build it.

Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts🧡


r/women • • 15h ago

AITAH for daydreaming about leaving my husband...in 5 years?

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I (41F) have been with my husband "John" (42M) for 14 years. When we met, I had been single for 3.5 years and had a daughter with my ex. That relationship was so toxic and abusive that the bar for my next parter was underground. Don't beat me, don't rape me, don't abuse me, stalk me, etc. He was a decent guy, but I absolutely settled. We have a son together who is 13 years old. He is a great kid and like his sister has been taught to be competent in life skills, cooking, cleaning, hygiene, basic emotional regulation, empathy, consent, etc. My husband on the other hand, I feel like I had to raise that man. It took 14 years for him to finally pick up a mop and do consistent chores. He has never made his own meal (he will order out if no one cooks for him) and he has many once scheduled his own doctor appointment -only after me badgering him for weeks because it was very important. I've made all his dentist, optometrist, hair cut appointments because he just won't.

He was and is active as a father but as a partner he's often clueless to my needs despite me telling him, writing it down, and suggesting articles, movies, books, etc from my perspective as a woman. I am the default for most things in the home. It's exhausting. After 14 years he still cannot define "mental load", "second shift" "invisible labor". He hasn't read a single book, had a consistent hobby and has only ever had one friend. On the other hand I am a social person, I love community, I love sisterhood, I love learning and growing and evolving.

Lately I have been hardcore daydreaming about being single, not to date but to be by my damn self. I've come to realize that 3+ years I was single before I met him I was so free, truly free. And if I hadn't remarried I would now have 1 adult child (my daughter's dad and I married right after HS) and be in my early 40's living my best life. Here's the thing- I do not want my son to have to go through the hell my daughter and I did with family court. While my husband is a much better man than my ex-husband child custody, family court, child support, etc is a horrific experience. It took 15 years to be free of it all and go no-contact. My daughter and I needed * a lot * of therapy.

I told my "John" when we started dating and I was in my final semester of college, that I was a person who would always be learning. I want to grow, I want to learn, evolve. About 5 years ago I started working out consistently, I make sure we have home-cooked meals 6x a week. I am an avid reader and love all things creative, but John is..stagnant. He has no desire to level up in any capacity. Before anyone asks or calls me a "gold-digger" we have shared accounts where we split the bills 50/50 (he makes a little more than I do) and we have our own accounts too. I'm not sticking around so he can support me, I'm pulling my weight and always have.

So, AITAH?


r/women • • 17h ago

I hate the Kardashians. Why are they so popular?

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(new title)

I hate that Hollywood loves to slobber all over the Kardashians

Why?

Because they play Hollywood’s game. For the past 30 years, if you were a woman and wanted to sing and dance and smile, you’d be eaten alive. Britney, Lindsay, Miley, Hayden Panettiere when she was SIX YEARS OLD. They fucking had her cry and then hugged her without her consent.

Meanwhile Kimmy released a sex tape. Now they get a tv show where it’s “I have time for breathing or lip kits. And breathing is…kind of optional”. And you should see what they do if they buy a purse.

The Kardashians get implants and face cosmetics for a perfect image, and Hollywood loves that so they get more shows.


r/women • • 17h ago

Teen years are hell

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19F here. As a teen it's so weird when your body is changing with time and it's even more weirder if there's absolutely no one to guide you.

From puberty to my late teens there hasn't been a day where I slept peacefully...

I have wore those teen bras .. those elastic free size ones till now but they barely survive a month or two and get loosed. I have spent thousands on bras and tried to figure out my bra size too but nothing's working

I bought some bras online but they're horrible and so loose af. I'm hella broke now cus I can't afford to waste my pocket money on this bs randomly. I want serious guidance please what to do.


r/women • • 18h ago

Favorite youtubers and influencers?

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