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13900796 No.13900796 [Reply] [Original]

why are there so many fairytales that show how to manipulate men (exploit vanity, rationality, trust etc), but never how to manipulate women?

>> No.13900818

>>13900796
There are, though. Just be rich and/or say pretty things.

>> No.13900841

>>13900818
ok, but thats not manipulation but giving them exactly what they want.

>> No.13901339

>>13900796
Because men placed women on a pedestal back then. Why would you write a how to so someone can fuck your wife?

>> No.13901343

>>13900796
Women are too smart to be tricked by a talking cat.

>> No.13901352

>>13900796
Red and the black

>> No.13901354

>>13901343
They really aren't.

>> No.13901357

>>13901339
>Because men placed women on a pedestal back then
The kitchen is a pedestal? Good to know.

>> No.13901417

>>13901357
They bent over backwards and jumped through hoops just to get married. Usually when the marriage was complete she already lost though.

>> No.13902152

>>13901352
This. Also, A Hero of Our Time.

Ironically though in both cases, the male protagonist ultimately suffers the consequences of manipulating various women, so it may actually prove OP's point.

>> No.13902156

Back when fairytales were written there was no need to manipulate women because we still had them under control

>> No.13902167

Because you could just manipulate her dad instead

>> No.13902176
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13902176

>>13900796
These stories were all written BY women. That os why you don’t know their authors names.

>> No.13902181

>>13902176
Don't do drugs, kids.

>> No.13902208

>>13901343
>t.hasn't read Alice in Wonderland

>> No.13902468

I know many ways to distract Baba Yaga, you're going to get eaten and your leftovers thrown to the cat.

>> No.13902727

>>13902176
Makes sense, telling stories to their babies.

>> No.13902832

>but never how to manipulate women?
Try The Spider and the Fly.