Anyone who has been even tangentially interested in dating content online has no doubt come across the idea of an “ick” as well as “red flags.” For those who are unfamiliar, both of these are things people dislike and aim to avoid when dating. This can range from personal preferences to behavior one should absolutely avoid. 

Someone asked “Men/boys what are your biggest icks or turn-offs in women/girls?” and males shared their thoughts. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments section below. 

#1

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Absurd caterpillar eyelashes. Absurdly gross long finger nails.

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24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women I recently visited Santorini. One evening, I had dinner at a place overlooking a very popular spot with an amazing view of the island and the water. I lost count of how many Insta girls dragged their dead-eyed boyfriends there and proceeded to cycle through two dozen look-at-me poses while whining photo instructions. Treating people in your life like props or unpaid crew just so you can appear glamorous on social media is a major ick.

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#3

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Treating people like servers, bartenders or cashiers like complete garbage is a huge red flag and it shows what type of person they really are.

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#4

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women My big three: Materialism. Sincere belief in Astrology. Kardashian worship.

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#5

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women I am a simple man, but botox lips is an instant turn of.

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#6

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Racism. Had a girl call a group of black kids the nword because they very slightly delayed us. Like literally they were just walking across the crosswalk.


Never went from 100% to 0 that fast. She was so confused why I didn't want to stay the night with her.

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#7

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women When every other word that comes out of her mouth is "like". Drives me crazy.

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#8

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Phone addiction.

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Phone addiction which too often is just social media addiction. The worse of this addiction results in "phubbing."

If she's already on the phone all the time with insta/texts/messages, you already feel like you're never alone with her. Your time together is always shared. If on top of that she's on the phone for social reasons when you are specifically trying to spend time together ... rude, lack of respect, and a clear sign whatever is on that phone is more important than you are. Most women wouldn't tolerate it, men should not either.

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#9

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women When their dating profile is a list of qualities they want in a man, but doesn't say anything about what they're like or what they bring to a relationship.

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#10

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Baby voice outside of talking to a baby or animal.

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#11

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women When they always portray themselves as the victim and take zero responsibility.

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#12

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women I'm a lesbian, so I hope I can wage in here.... Obsession of TikTok and Taylor Swift. Like I like Taylor, but paying thousand of euros for tickets and acting like a psycho when someone say anything bad...no...also that TikTok gf behavior, ex.expecting people to treat her like a queen, without her doing anything to deserve that.

Look I treat my gfs like queens, but they don't act entitled to it, they also deserve it.

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#13

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Caring more about their appearance on social media than their real life.

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#14

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women If she’s hardcore religious or even remotely religious for that matter. I don’t want a woman who’s going to expect me to be some godly, spiritual leader of the house or relationship….

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#15

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Only has guy “friends”. Claims other women are “too much drama”. Coincidentally is always involved in drama and loves gossip. Always talks about “haters” and “fans”. Social media bio: “Keep lurking sis ??✨?”.

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#16

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Based solely on my experience? Believes in astrology. Has untreated borderline personality disorder. Stays friends with people who have hurt them. Lack of social awareness.

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#17

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Excessive vocal fry. Sounding like a Kardashian/Jenner is the opposite of attractive.

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#18

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Tries to force beliefs, diets, etc onto others - i don’t give a damn what you believe in, what you will or won’t eat, whatever, but if you try to convince, guilt trip, etc your beliefs/systems onto me, or another person, i don’t trust that you’re a very good person.

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#19

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women The ones who think they need to cut down every other female they see. It's repulsive.

No, Karen. I didn't notice the top that woman was wearing until you pointed it out, but even now that I have, it's still not as tacky as the sewage you keep spewing from your mouth.

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#20

Women that think it's cute to be a near non-functioning adult. My ex loved to rely on me/others for like everything, almost took pride in having no idea how to use public transport of find her way around.

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#21

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women When a woman doesn’t hold herself to the same standard that she holds her man. Not to say that the roles and responsibilities of each party need to be exactly the same in any given relationship, but it’s the worst when a woman acts a certain way/has a certain attitude but gets upset when the man acts that way as well.

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#22

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women Rude and demeaning attitudes. Like aggressively rude or demeaning. That ends it for me.

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#23

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women When they don’t know how to have a conversation unless it’s talking bad about someone.

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#24

24 Men Don’t Hold Back Revealing What Gives Them "The Ick" About Women No reciprocation of efforts.
 
u/AyybrahamLmaocoln:
If you don’t let me know in some way that you’re feeling me after I’ve made it clear I’m feeling you, then I stop pursuing. It happens a good amount, and a week later they’ll ask why I stopped trying to spend time with them.

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