why is a mans face his autobiography and a womans face her work of fiction?

Answer 1

Because men are more generally known to be straightforward, direct, or prosaic, thus more "real" while women are famous for their tendencies to be implicit, wiley, or poetic, thus more "fictitious".

It's just a generalization, that's all. But really, nothing is better than the other.

Because being straightforward is beneficial but not always wise, just the same way that being wiley is masterful, but not always necessary.

Besides, there are poetic men just the same way there are straightforward women. It is the human person in general who is forever confronted with reality and un-reality, regardless of masculinity or femininity.

Answer 2

I know very few men who are not highly enigmatic in their facial expressions and almost none of the women I know take great pains to conceal their thoughts, ideas and feelings from exposure through facial nuances. I know many women who would argue that precisely the reverse is true. It just goes to show that you really cannot generalise about anything. Generalising is a disease, as is the failure to use appropriate punctuation. Hence, a man's face is not always his autobiography, nor is a woman's face always her work of fiction. As these are both possessive nouns, they both contain apostrophes. Here endeth the lesson.

Answer 3

The most superficial answer is that a man's face will show the lines of his endeavors where as a women's face is more likely to be fiction because of the make up she wears to cover what life and years have done to her.

Answer 4

A brilliant expression. I think the first part is mostly attributed to men because of the make-up piled on by women. (A little patriarchal). There are women whose faces definitely portray their characters - they are open books so to speak. Then there are men whose expressions mask any feelings they may reveal - closed books and no autobiography to be read.

Answer 5

A generalisation but very good, whose quote is it? A man typically does nothing to his face and a fight for example that results in a scar will be plane to see, as will pox marks, acne scars etc. and therefor his face gives an insight into his life. Women by contrast often wear makeup to hide imperfections highlight assets which gives a false or fictitious impression of them. I have no view on the right wrong of this but I think this is what the quote is pertaining to.

Answer 6

A womans face is a work of art in some cases!

Answer 7

I think it's because women are more likely to use things such a s make-up and surgery to hide or fix flaws and men just won't do such things. But I don't think that's accurate. Some men (who are straight) use make-up and surgery for the same resons women do.

Answer 8

I think it's supposed to mean that you can see the character and history of a man in his face, but you can't with women because of make-up.....her face is made-up, therefore fictitious.

Not particularly clever, true or witty, in my opinion. Who said it?

Answer 9

What an eloquent thing to say - if that's your original work, you are a writer. However it is hugely insulting to women, of course, and overly flattering to men! I think both genders contain people whose character lives out on their face and people who wear a mask.

Answer 10

because men, in general do NOT use cosmetics etc to change the shape colour and contours of their faces, but women do all the time, so when you see a mans' face you are seeing him as nature intended, a woman you are often only seeing what she wants you to see