Women share side by side photos to show how badly their bf's take pictures of them.

The idea that women tend to take more flattering photos than men is a gender stereotype with a lot of evidence on the internet (and in my personal experience) to back it up. It probably arises from the fact that society teaches women to pay more attention to physical appearance. Also we probably tend to take more photos in general (someone's gotta do it!), which would naturally make us better at it. Whatever the cause, a recent viral Twitter thread highlights that boyfriends taking unflattering pics of their girlfriends is a common problem—what some might even call an "epidemic." A girl named Alex started the thread by sharing a handsome photo of her boyfriend that she took, next to a candid shot he took of her laughing-while-eating (terrible combo that should never ever be caught on film!):