On February 26, 2019, Alexander J.A. Cortes dropped a list for women on “How to be beautiful.” Maybe he thought he was being helpful. Who knows? We’re honestly hoping that this was nothing more than an attempt at comedy or someone trying to go viral, but enraged netizens are clapping back at Cortes, and they have a lot to say! But does he care enough to take his list down?
12-Steps On How To Be Beautiful
Ladies! Have you ever wondered how you could become more beautiful? Well, there’s this guy named Alexander J.A. Cortes who seems to think he’s got all the answers and “fortunately” for you, he can help you become more attractive to the opposite sex. Cortes created a 12-step list just for women on “How To Be Beautiful.” But the list isn’t exactly being welcomed with open arms by women all over the world and it’s not difficult to see why. After all, Cortes comes off as misogynistic and ignorant. Trust us! We’re not exaggerating. It’s enough to give every member of the #MeToo movement a mini heart attack.
Wear Pink And Look Feminine
Cortes’ so-called list includes all kinds of guidelines for women that would send pulses raising, such as: “Wear pink and look feminine, wear makeup, and be able to cook.” But that’s not all. He also tells women to love men and listen to them, and those are just a few examples. But some would say that the part about women needing to shave is just plain sad. Was this guy born in the early 1900s, or something?
The Tweet Went Viral
Cortes’s tweet has been liked over 425 times and retweeted enough times to go viral. And as the numbers continue to rise, it’s a safe bet that he’ll manage to upset a lot more women and men who support women’s rights. But if you think that he’s losing any sleep over it, guess again. If anything, he’s surprised by all the media attention.
Misogyny Goes Live
Cortes received enough questions connected to his original tweet to merit a live video. In it, he reiterated his original 12-list message and answered a few questions, while pointing out that it “must be a slow news day” for his post to have caused so much of an uproar. Usually, people tend to shake their heads and block online misogynists. But Cortes had really pushed a lot of buttons.
He Has Predictive Powers
A lot of women expressed their distaste for his list, but he claimed that he hadn’t heard a good enough argument from women against the points he listed in his OG post. Oh, and here’s a side note. Cortes says he never voted because his predictive powers have allowed him to guess the last four presidential elections. But his skills clearly never warned him of the backlash he’d get for his list.
He’s Got A Personal Policy
Cortes also riled users in the comments section by claiming that he has a personal policy of only talking to women who are 8+s on a 10 scale. Then he wrote in one comment that if the poor women commenting on his post were to follow his list, they could become the type of gals that masculine men like him would want to date and parade around. Then he asked them to contact him if they were interested in learning how to become attractive.
Stay Away From Harpies
He also warned men that if you show women this list and they get upset, it’s a warning that they’re harpies and you should never make a baby with them because they’d make bad moms. Okaaay. Unsurprisingly, this caused a ton of women to clap back and tweet things like, “How to be a beautiful man: Don’t be Alexander J.A. Cortes.”
Toxic Masculinity Is Alive And Well
While some Twitter users shot back with quips like calling his list “How to be a Single Guy Forever,” others used GIFs to express their distaste. But as this display of toxic masculinity continues to make headlines, there are some users who are actually agreeing with him. But hopefully, his beliefs are nothing more than a desperate attempt to make this writer, speaker, and trainer from LA gain more hits on his newsletter site. It’s sad to think that men like this still exist, but hopefully, women’s rights movements like #MeToo will either educate them or phase them out of existence.
I am Camila – Serial tea drinker. Professional wig snatcher. Content creator and video script writer who may or may not be John Leguizamo’s body double. If you don’t like where you are, move. You’re not a tree.
