Male bashing thrives
on the Internet

Jill, Mary and Julie believe men are scum. Each have undergone experiences with dastardly males so tormenting that they decided to erect a Web site on the subject.

At the We Hate Men (But We Love Them) Club at expage.com/page/wehatemen, the three best friends from Connecticut encourage wronged women everywhere to share their tragic tales with the rest of the world and impart sentiments of encouragement to their troubled sisters.

Been played recently? Click on the quotes button for some womanly words of wisdom. "When another girl steals your guy, there is no better revenge than to let her keep him," reads one. Another claims "Little girls hit puberty at around age 11 or 12 and finish around 18. Little boys hit puberty at around 13 and finish at death." Cute, and yet not entirely false.

The We Hate Men Club also lists a number of songs and lyrics women may find therapeutic, including Alanis Morrissette's "You Oughta Know," Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" (which can be found on both the "Dirty Dancing" and "The First Wives Club" soundtracks -- chick flick alert!), "Man Smart, Woman Smarter," made famous by Harry Belafonte, Robert Palmer, The Carpenters and the Grateful Dead, and Gloria Gaynor's girl power disco anthem "I Will Survive."

At the risk of being accused of betraying my gender by my own brethren -- dudes, chill, I'm just reporting what I find -- I will mention a link to another man-hating site at www.ihatemen.com. As you might expect, you'll find more humorous observations on the sexes, such as "A man has six items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, shaving cream, a razor, soap and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in a typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items." Again, funny, and not totally inaccurate.

Ihatemen.com also features a number of jokes, some of which I actually find funny, like this gem: "Why does it take one million sperm to fertilize one egg? Because they don't stop for directions."

Of course, women will make three right-hand turns to avoid making one left-hand turn, but that's a whole 'nother column.

Note: Web sites mentioned in this column were active at time of publication. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin neither endorses nor is responsible for their contents.