Red Flags Ahead: 17 Types of Men You Want To Avoid at All Costs

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People don’t always get along, but in some cases, there are types of people you would rather avoid altogether. A recent internet survey asked, “What type of men do you avoid?” Here are the top 17 answers.

Devil’s Advocates

“I now straight-up ask them if they want a conversation or just want to make themselves feel better by putting the other person down.”

“I also don’t like it when they ask you for your point of view, but once you start talking, they talk over you and interrupt you anyway and won’t even let you finish your sentence.”

Anyone Who Refers to Women as ‘Females’

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“Likely also the type of guy to wear a gold chain and gaslight you like it’s his job.”

“Also, these men always refer to men as men but women as females.”

Republicans

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“I was going to say Tories (our equivalent to the Republicans, though your guys are definitely worse).”

“Just came home from a thing where a guy in a “Let’s Go Brandon” hoodie was striking out left and right. It was comical to see woman after woman eye his clothes and turn ice cold while he blundered on totally clueless.”

Men Whose Actions Don’t Meet Their Words

“Something that kind of goes under this are the ones who mislead you for their own benefit or amusement.”

“That was such a big lesson for me to learn. The fastest and most effective way to avoid A LOT of trouble and pain.”

Men Who Say ‘All My Exes Are Crazy’

“Those women were probably wonderful people, and he’s just insulting them because they left him or called him out on his abusiveness.”

“I learned this lesson the hard way after being with a clinically diagnosed sociopath for a decade.”

Cops

“After what has come out recently about the London Met Police force, I agree. I am not digging through that rotten barrel to choose an apple. The odds are not in anyone’s favor.”

“Knowing what I know about how most cops treat their wives and kids (I have a LOT of cops in my family), I would never ever date a cop.”

Unhygienic Men

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“I don’t like untidy people in general. Anyone whose body odour and clothes smell like they haven’t been washed for a millennium, I’d gladly get away with them.”

“He doesn’t have to smell great, but he does have to regularly bathe.”

Racist, Sexist, and Homophobic Men

“I strongly dislike men who hold misogynistic beliefs and exhibit a patriarchal mindset. I make a conscious effort to avoid their company.”

“The Triangle of Madness.”

Men Who Value Money or Their Career More Than People

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“It’s one thing to enjoy and take pride in your work. It’s another thing to think people are replaceable or are low priority and that most people in your life will happily wait when you choose work again and again.”

“I like guys who have found something they love, but not when what they love is just chasing money and status over people.”

Men Who Like Women for Their ‘Quiet Strength’

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“It seems they are only impressed by how much suffering you can withstand before breaking down or something. It’s creepy.”

“This has been around forever. It’s the same stuff that people used to say about their mothers and grandmothers putting up with loads of abuse from their husbands and never divorcing them. I guess they’re just dressing it up differently now, but same concept.”

Mansplainers

“A friend recently told me a new way to say this: ‘correctile dysfunction,’ and it instantly entered my vocabulary.”

“I work in tech, and it’s like Mansplain City.”

Men Who Hit on Every Woman They Meet

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“Anyone who immediately assumes that I want them, which unfortunately is most of them.”

“Men my dad’s age will try to hit on me simply because I am polite and we have small talk.”

Religious Men

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“Even if he’s the sweetest guy ever (and they very, very rarely are), there is zero chance I’m putting myself anywhere near religion ever again.”

“I wouldn’t date anyone involved in an organized religion. I grew up as an independent fundamental Baptist and am now far removed from it. It’s been about 12 years. Life has been so much better.”

Momma’s Boys

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“We love when you respect and love your mother. We don’t love it when you tell her everything about our relationship.”

“You are in for a living hell if you get married.”

Men Who Call Themselves ‘Alpha Males’

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“This one’s a doozy, haha… It’s in the same vein as someone touting that they’re a nice person. It makes me wonder if it’s the opposite.”

“Andrew Tate men….”

Men Who Think They Know You Better Than You Know Yourself

“I hate being told what I feel.”

“I find the ones that can read you already so manipulative. You literally know nothing about me, so stop trying to pick me apart, hoping I will give you the answers.”

Men Who Act Like a Compliment is Their Approval

“A man’s approval is (incorrectly) thought to be a very valuable thing in society. At some point, most women find out that it really isn’t valuable at all. So when some men give you a compliment/approval, he thinks that he’s given you a very valuable gift, and you are in his debt for it.”

“I recently had a date tell me he likes that I’m actually a nerd and not a fake nerdy girl who just wears nerdy clothes for attention.”