# Women Logic Women Logic, also known as Female Logic, is a joke framework men use to flag behaviors and thought patterns coded as distinctly feminine. The idea bubbled through sitcoms, stand-up and relationship forums for over a decade before Reddit's rage comic boom in 2011 pulled it into image macro territory, spawning hundreds of panels across 4chan, FunnyJunk and Tumblr. ## Origin The exact phrase has print roots well before the meme format. The earliest documented use is a December 12th, 1999 fishing column in The Independent, where the writer groans "A curse on women's logic" after his wife pokes holes in his column pitch[1]. Urban Dictionary logged a "female logic" entry on March 5th, 2008, defining it as a girl expecting a man to magically intuit her feelings[5]. The image macro era kicked off on Reddit in September 2011. User theKalash posted a Hillary Clinton quote ("Women have always been the primary victims of war") captioned as Women Logic on September 17th, and four days later, on September 21st, user lockster submitted the first known rage comic illustrating the trope to /r/f7u12[3]. A second Urban Dictionary entry specifically for "Women Logic" followed on December 24th, 2011[6]. - **Platform:** Online forums / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview Women Logic frames supposed contradictions in female reasoning as a punchline, usually built around dating, shopping, mixed signals or domestic disputes[1]. The format treats the woman's thought process as an alien value system the male narrator cannot crack, which is where the comedy, and the misogynistic edge, comes from[2]. Most entries follow one of two shapes. The first is a rage comic in /r/f7u12 style, with a four-panel setup ending on a dumbfounded face while a woman flips her stated position[3]. The second is an Advice Animals style image macro that pairs a stock photo of a woman with a two-line caption built on an "if A then B" contradiction, hosted on Quickmeme and The Chive[4]. Earlier text versions circulated as a copypasta of English phrases "translated" into female logic, with lines like "I'm fine" rendered as its opposite[3]. ## How to Use Typical entries set up a woman's stated preference or complaint, then flip to the opposite action or demand in the punchline panel. Rage comic versions often close on the Jackie Chan "my brain is full" face or a confused male rage face. Image macro versions commonly use a stock photo of a smiling or shrugging woman with white Impact text building an "X but also not X" contradiction. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Women Logic? It is a joke framework, mostly male-authored, that treats stereotypically feminine reasoning as a self-contradicting value system, built out as rage comics and Advice Animals style image macros starting in 2011[3]. ### Where did Women Logic come from? The phrase appeared in a 1999 Independent column[1] and spread through forums and Urban Dictionary in the 2000s[5], before Reddit posters on /r/f7u12 turned it into a rage comic format in September 2011[3]. ### What does Women Logic mean? Users mean it as shorthand for a woman saying one thing and doing another, or expecting a man to intuit a feeling she never stated, which is the exact scenario in the 2008 Urban Dictionary definition[5]. ### How do you use Women Logic? The standard template sets up a woman's stated preference in panel one and flips it to the opposite demand in the punchline, often paired with a confused male rage face or a stock photo and two-line Impact caption[4]. ### Is Women Logic still popular? The rage comic and Quickmeme-era examples stayed in active circulation on 4chan, Reddit, FunnyJunk and Tumblr through at least mid-2012[3], but the format is now classic rather than currently trending. ## References 1. [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/fishing-lines-just-what-i-always-wanted--a-splitcane-rod-1131992.html]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Women%20Logic]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/women-logic]() 4. [https://thechive.com/2012/03/19/womens-logic-redefining-thousands-of-years-of-science-video/]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=female%20logic]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Vn9n8kUmw]() 7. [http://www.quickmeme.com/Men-Logic]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/women-logic Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library