Have you ever read a book and thought, "Women's bodies don't really work like that" or "I've never seen a woman actually do anything like this"? Well, you wouldn't be alone. For most of history, writing books has been an exclusively male endeavor. In the U.S., women were legally allowed to publish books under their names only since the late 19th century.
So, perhaps it's not surprising that a lot of the depictions of women in books by men are somewhat... questionable? The "Men Writing Women" subreddit collects the most absurd and ridiculous examples of women badly written by men.
Haruki Murakami is a frequent offender on the subreddit, but there are loads of other male authors who can't conjure up a complex and realistic female character without objectifying her. And here are the funniest and most distasteful examples readers have come across lately!
