Reading and Writing Electronic Text

Feb 16

I put together text from 2 different WikiHow pages:

How to Make Your Boyfriend Break Up With You

How to Kiss a Girl

I changed How to Kiss a Girl to he/him prounouns using the replace function in Python. Then I stripped the lines of each text file. To create my 5 line advice stanza I alternated between choosing one line from the breakup text and one from the kissing text.

Here are some results!

Nobody wants to kiss stiff, hard lips
Act overly clingy if he's the independent type. 
Lift him off of the ground as you kiss him to be more romantic. 
Give short answers to any questions he asks, and don't try to start any interesting conversations with him.

Don’t stare for more than 4-5 seconds. Aggressive staring can come off as creepy if you do it for too long.
Change your social media.
How do you make the kiss as memorable and enjoyable for him as possible? 
He will feel the cold shoulder from all of you and know that something is up
Whether it's your first time or you're just looking for tips to improve your kissing game,  you might be wondering what the best way to kiss a boy is. 
The next time that you and your boyfriend are going to hang with your friends, give them a heads up about the situation. 
Take breaks! 
Whenever your boyfriend talks about his friends, roll your eyes or complain about them.

Where do you put your hands? 
If he asks if you love him, say something noncommittal such as "Sure," or "Uh huh."
Don’t overdo it with the French kissing if you have a lot of saliva built up in your mouth.
If he realizes you can't commit to the weekend, he might get the hint that you don't want to commit to a future with him.

Don’t shove your tongue down him throat. Keep your tongue behind your teeth.
If you don't see a future together with your boyfriend, don't make plans that include him, and try to avoid committing to specific plans. 
Once you’ve gotten used to kissing one another, you can start to make out. 
He will eventually understand what you are doing and break things off with you

Why did I choose these two articles?

Even though I could’ve just put the text from a "How to Kiss a Boy” article, and avoided changing the pronouns, I found that the gender roles were so apparent in each, even beyond the pronouns. Both the “How to Kiss a Girl” article and the “How to Get Your Boyfriend to Break Up With You” articles have the man playing the active, dominant role. Especially in the breakup one- the advice is for the reader to get the man to take action by acting badly.

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