Why Men Are So Terrible at Writing Women

I attempted to unpack the male gaze and almost lost my sanity in the process

Credit: “Summer Dreams” by Alex Garant (original artwork)

If you’ve been on the internet long enough, you’ve probably come across satirical posts on social media from women who try to describe a random fictional female character the way a man would. They usually go something like this: “She was 5'2” and 80 pounds of pure…