Why do Women Lie?

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Disclaimer: The Examples, experiences and opinions about women shared in this article are not intended to point or target any woman. If anyone feels so, it's purely fictional or coincidental. It is just an extract from the novel "Accused" by Mark Gimenez

Why Do Women Lie?

“We learn when we're girls to lie to men."

            "Why?"

            "To survive. So we don't hurt our man's fragile psyche and lose him and our place in life. 'Yes, honey, of course, you're the first' … 'Of course, you're the best' … 'Of course, I came.' "

         

            "How do I know?"

            "You don't. Men never know when we're lying to them. Men don't want to know. Men can't handle the truth."

            "Do all women lie?"

            "All women live in a man's world, so all women lie. They have to. At least all women who depend on a man for their survival. Everything we need comes from a man—our homes, our cars, our jewelry, our shoes—because it's a man's world. You see on TV these women writing books about dating and marriage, they're all titled 'How to Marry a Rich Man.' And the advice is to lie. Lie about your past, lie about your future, lie about your needs and wants and desires, lie about who you really are so he'll marry you. We lie to get married and we lie to stay married. We can't tell the truth and risk having our existence taken from us."

            "Men don't have a clue about women, do we?"

            "Not a clue.Why do you think women buy millions of romance novels every year?"

            "I don't know."

            "Because in romance novels the women aren't dependent on men, not sexually or financially. They're in control of their bodies and their bank accounts, they have the power, they have the money. Not being financially dependent on a man, that's a woman's true romantic fantasy."

            "I guess we should make women take polygraphs before marriage."

            "We'd find a way to beat it. Truth or lie, right or wrong, black or white—that's a man's life. Women live in shades of gray."

            "Will my daughters lie to men?"

            "Yes, they will."

            "I don't want them to."

            "Then go back and make millions so they'll be financially independent. So they can be honest with the men in their lives. So they don't have to hide who they really are. So they won't have to compete for their men every day of their lives."

            "Compete for their men?"

            "A woman always has to compete for her man."

            "Why?"

            "Because in every woman's life, there's always another woman."

            She spoke as if reading a verse from the Bible.

            "And it's worse for a beautiful woman."

            "Why is it worse to be beautiful?"

            "Because a beautiful girl is supposed to be a sex object, not a person. She's supposed to sell her beauty to the highest bidder—that's a beautiful woman's career path. To be a thing of beauty, to be admired and purchased by a man. And men expect to buy you, just like they buy a sports car. A beautiful woman is a possession a man shows off to other men, and when that possession gets a little dinged up, he trades it in for a new model”

-                 Excerpts from ‘Accused’ novel written by Mark Gimenez