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30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women

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It can be easy to fall into the trap of forgetting that the other half of the population lives a very different kind of life. The things that you might do without a second thought can, at times, be completely out of the ordinary for someone else.

So one curious internet user asked, “What is normal to men but weird to women?” and netizens shared their best examples. From prison-cell-like living spaces to simply never asking questions, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to add your own thoughts and examples in the comments section below.

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#1

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Not getting details. Case in point: One of my best friends wife had a baby. I swung by the hospital on my lunch break, congratulated him, and left.

That night, I told my wife they had the baby. It was a boy, and the name. She started asking all this other stuff, length, weight, time, etc, and I had no idea. Didn't bother to ask. Baby was good, Mom and Dad were good. I thought I had covered the bases.

wango138 , Büşranur Aydın/pexels Report

Final score:

169points

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#2

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Accidentally walking behind a woman at night and quickly going to the other side of the road or slowing down to create distance so you don't seem like a creep.

FloppyPenguin1701 , Tomas Anunziata/pexels Report

Final score:

147points

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#3

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Several years back, my wife and I moved abroad. Our first Christmas back in the US we had separate guys/ladies nights to catch up with our old friends. When we got back that night she was able to give me an update on everyone because for the past few hours they just sat in a circle and took turns talking about their lives. When she asked me about the guys, I responded "I dunno, we just ordered pizza and played video games".

F0rdycent , Ron Lach/pexels Report

Final score:

145points

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#4

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Me and the bros have been friends for like 15 years... I think we have a total of 3 pictures together haha

Lamontyy , Nur Andi Ravsanjani Gusma/pexels Report

Final score:

130points

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#5

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Not having any real friends to support them through tough times.

This is particularly true of boomers - I hope it won't be the same for my generation. As I watch my parents and their friends get old, sick, and die, I see that none of the men visit each other in hospital or even know why their "friends" are sick. My mom and her female friends spend their days checking in on and taking care of each other. But when a husband gets sick, there is no one except their wife to take care of them.

The only exception in my parents' friend-group was the gay male couple. They had a community of gay men supporting them.

GrammarIsDescriptive , SHVETS production/pexels Report

Final score:

106points

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#6

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Being scared of randomly being accused of being a creep in public, possibly even reported, even though you're just minding your own business.

No, I'm not staring at you, I'm thinking about a certainly relevant scenario about how I would fight off a random armed bank robber right now and my state of mind is "Where am I going again? Oh, look, a bunch of ants. Nice."

Single_Blueberry , cottonbro studio/pexels Report

Final score:

102points

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#7

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women That side step to unstick your nutsack.

Warrature1969 , Lukas Rychvalsky/pexels Report

Final score:

98points

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#8

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Being friends with someone and knowing absolutely nothing about them

IPanicKnife , Diva Plavalaguna/pexels Report

Final score:

96points

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#9

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women The one who gets roasted the most is probably our star of the group. We insult because we love.

Ok-Experience-6674 , Helena Lopes/pexels Report

Final score:

94points

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#10

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women stopping to pick up a good stick

PaIngallsButSexier , Saroj Gajurel/pexels Report

Final score:

94points

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#11

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Having no decorations whatsoever.

Egbezi , Max Rahubovskiy/pexels Report

Final score:

88points

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#12

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Deciding to do something and leaving the house 5 minutes later to get it done.

Ok_Butterscotch_3219 , Alena Darmel/pexels Report

Final score:

81points

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#13

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Using shampoo, conditioner, body wash and face wash from the same bottle

spicy_sizzlin , Kindel Media/pexels Report

Final score:

78points

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#14

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Body hair. It’s fine for men to have hairy legs, armpits, etc., but everyone loses their mind if they see a woman with body hair

pinndog-trillionare , Liudmyla Shalimova/pexels Report

Final score:

76points

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#15

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Nodding to other random dudes on the street, and getting nods back in acknowledgement

blahdumb , Huy ProShoot/pexels Report

Final score:

73points

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#16

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Going literal years without any sort of physical contact

RadiantHC , Markus Spiske/pexels Report

Final score:

72points

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#17

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Idle mode, literally not thinking of anything for a short period of time

Raptoraide , cottonbro studio/pexels Report

Final score:

70points

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#18

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Strapping something down and saying “that’s not going anywhere”

Ok_Cry1188 , Andrea Piacquadio/pexels Report

Final score:

67points

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#19

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Not having to constantly worry about waiting on line for the bathroom/finding a bathroom

Historical-Essay6116 , Gabriela Pereira/pexels Report

Final score:

65points

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#20

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women I'm trans, and not many people know that. It gives me a very unique perspective in life of having acclimatised to both men and women social norms. A major difference is that men and women gossip, - but differently. When girls gossip, it's about "who did what, when, how, and *the audacity*" and when men gossip, it's one guy saying "this guy is a s**t c**t, ay." And other guys going "yeah." If I treated either in reversal, men would be put off by it, and women would be wondering *why* I don't like them over the fact that I just *don't,* women need reason, context. Forgiveness is different too. Women are so much more understanding, but rarely forgive once a line is crossed. Men might just not like you over something petty. Buy him a beer or make his life a little easier and suddenly you're not so bad anymore. "He's still a s**t c**t, but he's not that bad" Men aren't better drivers, they're more decisive ones. Women are more cautious, which can slow reaction time when they're accessing the situation. Men leave much more to instinct. Often in each other's eyes, men are reckless, women are too slow. Neither are necessarily right or wrong. Being "gross". Men in men-only environments don't tend to think much about spitting, sticky taping wounds, adjusting their junk, farting, burping, not washing their hands as often as they probably should. There seems to be a lot more group forgiveness that "yeah I do that too, it's normal." When women are together, you still don't hear them ripping one and congratulating each other.

pakkomi , Yaroslav Shuraev/pexels Report

Final score:

60points

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#21

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women SPITTING ON THE SIDEWALK. WHYYYYY DO THEY DO THAT

anonuglysimpleetc , Polina Zimmerman/pexels Report

Final score:

60points

censorshipsucks 10 months ago

I've never done this. I've seen some men do it but I never know why? I mean... did a fly land in your mouth? Or do you have tuberculosis?

7points

Shaunn Munn 10 months ago

Chewing tobacco, likely.

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Linda Riebel 10 months ago

Agreed, disgusting. Solution: make them do it on their own kitchen floor.

4points

xczechr 10 months ago

Because they're savages. If you must expectorate in public please do it where folks won't step in it.

4points

I’ll have a treble thanks. 10 months ago

Oh yes 🤮

4points

Daddy’s Girl 10 months ago

A disgusting habit

3points

Sunshine 10 months ago

It's just so disgusting. Blah!

3points

Diane H 10 months ago

THIS!!!! Yuck!

2points

KimB 10 months ago

Or clearing their noses out on the side walks...gags

1point

Nathan Shipman 2 months ago

Loogies, or other undesireable things happen to be in our mouths.

0points

Annie Bennett 7 months ago

one of my biggest gripes, every time I see something out the corner of my eye, I turn my head and sure enough its some guy hocking one the side walk. turns my stomach. UGH.

0points

Doozle bug 9 months ago

Only seen this issue as a cultural or socio economic phenomenon

0points

Uncle Schmickle 10 months ago

Yeah, that's disgusting and a health hazard. Outlawed in Oz decades ago. Ever visited China ?

0points

okpkpkp 10 months ago

I don't spit so when I was in basic training for the US Army, everyone else spit. And when the drill sergeant yells, Git down and give me fifty! I'd have to hesitate to see where my hands were going before the pushups. And decades later, my meds dry my mouth so still no spitting.

0points

Baali Venomax 10 months ago

Yeah so spit in the gutter, no one cares. Sheesh.

0points

Laura Williams 10 months ago

I hate this one I have a very specific reason why but, do not put your saliva with all your germs where others have to walk.

0points

Aim 10 months ago

So that we dont have to SWALLOW the spit...Duh

0points

fizzysh7 10 months ago

It’s your spit and comes out of your body

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down quark 10 months ago

Please don’t downvote me, I don’t spit and I’m just curious. I’m just wondering why it’s considered so gross? As long as you aren’t touching the sidewalk it won’t get into contact with you, right? Or am I missing someone? Again, please don’t get mad, I’m just wondering.

0points

Audrey Martin 8 months ago

@down quark...yes you are missing something. Think about it. If you step in dog dirt or chewing gum, you have it on your shoes, so it goes into your car or home. The same thing happens with spit. All three of these things affect wheelchair users too.. I worked for seven years in a residential spinal unit. The number of times the guys would come home with their hands and wheels covered in dog dirt. We ( the staff) would have to clean their hands, their wheels and the carpets. Please people, be more considerate.

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Dolevaal 10 months ago

Indeed. Ist just nasty.

0points

Jared Robinson 10 months ago

I always try to find grass

0points

oui.oui.croissant (ollie) 10 months ago

I ONLY ever do this if I am very sick, and NEVER NEVER NEVER on the sidewalk. usually a patch of grass next to the sidewalk, when no one is right near me.

0points

gijeff58 10 months ago

I did this back in the 70's when I was in highschool, if you were aproaching another group of dudes you spit on the sidewalk and that meant don't fk with me!

0points

Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 10 months ago

I honestly don't know. But I do....

0points

DC 10 months ago

WHO DO THAT????

0points

Rick Seiden 10 months ago

I never do that. I'll spit on the grass in my own lawn when I'm out there sweating like a pig doing yard work, but never on a sidewalk, road, driveway or even someone else's lawn.

0points

Arthur Waite 10 months ago

My Dad taught me when I was 5, to spit into someone's grass or flower-bed, not on the sidewalk or road, because "The plants can use the moisture and trace elements in your spit."

0points

Shash Brand 10 months ago

Because spitting on annoying people gets you in trouble…

0points

Assaf Stone 10 months ago

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0points

Potterhead 0-0 9 months ago

I spit on the sidewalk all the time because I start to choke on my own mucus while running

-1point

Steve Hall 10 months ago

Not as many guys do that as you may think.

-1point

Nichole Harris 10 months ago

Shoot.....I do that.... Way better than swallowing whatever ick you just hacked up

-2points

LaserBrain 10 months ago (edited)

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Kylie 10 months ago

Swallow. It won't kill you.

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Bored something 10 months ago

Actually swallowing your saliva is healthier than spitting. Unless it's got mucous in it.

3points

PlatinumThe8-BitCat 10 months ago

I usually swallow my saliva, I only spit if I have to cough up something but that’s only if I’m sick and need to spit out mucus

1point

Rizzo 10 months ago

Really? ;)

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#22

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Washing your hair every time you shower

soyundinosaurioverde , Karolina Grabowska/pexels Report

Final score:

59points

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#23

Been working out at a local gym for half a year with 3-4 guys . Don’t know their names. Don’t plan on asking.

90slegitchild Report

Final score:

57points

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#24

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Sleeping on a mattress on the floor with no sheets and only one flat yellow pillow.

NotNamedBort , Skylar Kang/pexels Report

Final score:

56points

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#25

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women I have cried once in the last 15 years and it was when I watched my father die 12 years ago. I don't 'try not to cry,' I just don't cry. My wife and my 7 sisters have very clearly informed me this is, uh, not their normal.

EdithWhartonsFarts , cottonbro studio/pexels Report

Final score:

54points

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#26

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women When you walk behind a woman up the stairs you truly evaluate the architectual design and thinking that went into them by looking down

NostalgicNolan , MART PRODUCTION/pexels Report

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51points

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#27

Periods of silence. Sometimes you chill with the boys and just enjoy the moment. No words, just drinking, gaming, smoking, etc in silence..

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50points

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#28

Walking alone at night to "clear the mind", as men usually say. I wish I could do that!

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47points

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#29

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Walking around outside topless.

Adventurous_Yak_9234 , Irwan Rizky/pexels Report

Final score:

41points

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#30

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Never venting about your day

Cbjmac , cottonbro studio/pexels Report

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41points

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#31

Hiding feelings because of society's understanding of how men should be

Final score:

14points

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#32

I have a friend I’ve been friends with for nearly 8 years I don’t even remember his birthday or how old he is

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14points

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#33

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Pants with pockets in the front.

Eggith , Ono Kosuki/pexels Report

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13points

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#34

The Helicopter

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11points

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#35

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women To have just one towel for face, head, body and..a*s.....

PleasantSolitude , Mike Jones/pexels Report

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9points

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#36

Being ignored socially.

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9points

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#37

No trash can in the bathroom.

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9points

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#38

Having a beard

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8points

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#39

30 Things That Are Absolutely Normal For Men, But Not Women Doing nothing

Black-bitchh , Toa Heftiba Şinca/pexels Report

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7points

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#40

Spending a half hour pooping.

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7points

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#41

Having low success on social posts, for instance reactions are generally low and dating apps are not really favorable for men.

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6points

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#42

Getting financially ruined in a divorce proceeding.

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6points

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#43

Thinking about Rome and the tragedy of its fall.

Final score:

4points

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#44

Getting rejected when asking a woman out and then trying again.

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4points

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#45

Accountability

Final score:

-29points

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I am a writer at Bored Panda. Despite being born in the US, I ended up spending most of my life in Europe, from Latvia, Austria, and Georgia to finally settling in Lithuania. At Bored Panda, you’ll find me covering topics ranging from the cat meme of the day to red flags in the workplace and really anything else. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, beating other people at board games, cooking, good books, and bad films.

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I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

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dan martyr 10 months ago

Many of these are what leads to men (like myself) saying they hadn’t seen any signs before their friends suicide. We need to talk to each other if and when we’re feeling low! Too many young men die at their own hands, and in so many cases it’s entirely avoidable.

15points

just another bookish gay 10 months ago

i totally agree. there is so little support or room out there for simply talking about what they're going through, and as someone who's had a close friend almost die of suicide, that really needs to change. Simply being able to reach out to one person who you can actually talk to can save your life. Guys, please let yourself be that one person to someone you care about.

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BatPhace 10 months ago

A lot of these are just toxic or unhygienic behaviors ffs. Put sheets on your bed you nasty

8points

censorshipsucks 10 months ago

hmm mostly sexist nonsense that applies mostly to western societies.

3points

JO ANN BARTON 9 months ago

Big omission: asking for directions.

0points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 10 months ago

As a guy I can say like almost none of these r true. Like, esp the ones abt emotions a lot of those r untrue

0points

Annik Perrot 10 months ago

Looks like the downvote gremlins are out in force, this morning,

0points

dan martyr 10 months ago

Many of these are what leads to men (like myself) saying they hadn’t seen any signs before their friends suicide. We need to talk to each other if and when we’re feeling low! Too many young men die at their own hands, and in so many cases it’s entirely avoidable.

15points

just another bookish gay 10 months ago

i totally agree. there is so little support or room out there for simply talking about what they're going through, and as someone who's had a close friend almost die of suicide, that really needs to change. Simply being able to reach out to one person who you can actually talk to can save your life. Guys, please let yourself be that one person to someone you care about.

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BatPhace 10 months ago

A lot of these are just toxic or unhygienic behaviors ffs. Put sheets on your bed you nasty

8points

censorshipsucks 10 months ago

hmm mostly sexist nonsense that applies mostly to western societies.

3points

JO ANN BARTON 9 months ago

Big omission: asking for directions.

0points

Sooploosh MacSchnibble 10 months ago

As a guy I can say like almost none of these r true. Like, esp the ones abt emotions a lot of those r untrue

0points

Annik Perrot 10 months ago

Looks like the downvote gremlins are out in force, this morning,

0points

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