Letters to the Editor
dick dworkin
Published Letters: 693 Editor's Choice: 3
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the reason all the posts are from men is because women can get casual sex anytime they want from anyone
[Read the article: Can you hide slutty eyes?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]so the subject doesn't hold much interest. TCF was really talking about how women are perceived while the men commenting are taking the issue more literally as in "how can I improve my ability to detect openness to casual sex" although of course as has been pointed out the concept of "casual sex" in the abstract is fairly meaningless. What all men, and probably all women, REALLY want is for the right people (this is a far larger group for most men than for most women) to be immediately (and not particularly casually) interested in sex with THEM (not other people) until THEY want to dial it back for whatever reason.
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And, of course, attempting to dismiss my opinion by applying the insult "suspiciously feminine"
[Read the article: Quote of the day: It's a gynocracy!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What is meant by suspicious is that I am(was) suspicious that you are actually male, otherwise it would be easier for you to understand my point. You might have been a female posing as a male. That is all I meant. I believe you are male although I think the indoctrination question is still open. Someone said "sincerity is everything, when you can fake that you've got it made" and it's much easier to fake it well if you can actually make yourself believe it. Since mens job is to appeal to women they really believe it.
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I'll tell my stupid husband to watch the kids, and let him think he can see me naked when I get back.
[Read the article: Quote of the day: It's a gynocracy!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This happens A LOT. Not to me but it is VERY COMMON.
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men are desperate to get noticed so they are willing to do almost anything to make it happen
[Read the article: Are women less willing to speak their minds?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]because men have to perform to get women sexually interested in them and women don't have to do anything of the kind to appeal to men. The fact that this obvious and easily proven fact is not universally recognized is proof that "feminist" ideology has real power.
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if the women I deal with are NOT speaking their minds already
[Read the article: Are women less willing to speak their minds?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't really want them to
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feminists are right about this, the animosity to Hillary makes no rational political sense, but what is funny is that it is BECAUSE of feminism that we can't rationally discuss what is really going on namely
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the fact that men have to prove themselves to women by being accomplished in some way in order to have sex and relationships and women are not required to perform in any comparable way.
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wow, just looking at the number of responses in such a short time it is very obvious
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]that somebody has hit a nerve.
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You believe there is sexism hidden "behind a facade of rational objection."
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's not very well hidden because none of the objections are rational. The REAL differences between Obama and Clinton are trivial in rational policy terms. Maybe for some people this fact doesn't interfere with it being well hidden.
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hillary isn't doing/being anything different than any other politician, including Obama, does and is
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and it is fairly interesting how unselfconsciously so many posters here are not only illustrating but actually acting out the very dynamic that was originally referred to.
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The issue isn't that lots of people like obama the issue is that there seem to be lots of obama supporters who seem to hate Hillary more than Bush or McCain
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]when there is very little substantive difference between the two democrats. Whatever the reason for this it is a real phenomenon and denying the obvious invites suspicion of the motives of the denier.
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it's quite simple lecastor
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]men have to prove themselves via social accomplishement in order to have sex and women don't, so men resent women depriving them, in this case vicariously and symbolically, or the means to do so.
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Men are never good enough either, in fact based on the relative difficulty men and women have in finding people who are sexually attracted to them
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]men are not good enough more than women are not good enough.
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if a man in a two career couple had the option of living on his half of their joint income, taking care of his kids
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and being able to fuck any women he wanted any time he wanted, he would consider his wife optional (at least if she gave him any trouble) so it's reasonable to assume, (and there's a lot of evidence so you don't have to assume) that a lot of women have the same reaction.
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they would PREFER it yes, given "reasonable" male behavior
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]men are willing, in fact are required, to put up with female behavior that is anything but reasonable (in both cases I am assuming an absence of economic necessity).
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obviously some people are irony/sarcasm challenged. the reason for pointing out the appeal of "keep all your money and fuck everyone you want"
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is that NOW that WOMEN aren't economically dependent on MEN, WOMEN can do this. Men, EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE MONEY, cannot fuck ANYONE THEY WANT. Some women may not want to fuck anyone ever but they are still fucking everyone they want as often as they want, in this case no one ever. Of course this doesn't apply to women who can't make decent money, but neither does any other social trend that gets widely discussed.
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that is the point of the difference between men and women
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]women, for biological reasons, have much higher standards and lower tolerance; they deny that this reaction is biological and then they use this fact about themselves to prove their own innate superiority, while claiming that they are only promoting equality. The immediately preceding letters are textbook examples of this, it's sort of funny how blatant it all is.
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there's no real reason for women to complain about this, in a modern socieity the greater the imbalance
[Read the article: Indians prefer boys]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the greater the power, status, and options for the women and the less/fewer for the men.
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I said that most women with children would prefer to be raising those children with a husband. I did not say they would prefer to be doing that at any cost
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Now we are getting somewhere, women are not willing to put up with abuse, also known as not having a man happily do everything your own way, for a man, but men ARE willing to accept not getting their own way all the time for a woman. Men's economic and social status used to compensate, or overcompensate, for this difference but it no longer does.
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BECAUSE men need women they instinctively:
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]find me charming or interesting or fun to be around, or a wonderful person (more or less, no matter what) but women do not have a similar indiscriminately postive reaction to men.
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men obviously don't run away from women as often or with as little provacation as women run away from men
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]or you would hear half the male population bragging about how they don't have sex because no one available is good enough for them.
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lots of women brag about it you've seen it for yourself right here
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]yes, of course men have lower standards, maybe for long term commitment they are SOMEWHAT more equal, but men, much more than women, are willing to give a relationship a try for the sake of sex and see what develops, or IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL BENEFIT, to stick with a problem relaionship.
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and by the way, for someone who takes such pride in their logic I'm surpised you can't see the flaw in
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]equating the statment "men are pickier than women" with the statment "men will fuck anything that moves" (unless you are suggestiing that women will fuck anything that just barely excess the "that moves" standard)
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if a man does nothing for a woman but cost her money and occasionally have sex with her she will dump him
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]if men applied the same standard most marriages and relaionships that now exist would not.
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if a man is sexually attracted enough to get involved with a woman and the woman occasionally continues to have sex with him he will enjoy her company
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]enough to stick with her even though all she does, in a practical sense, is cost him money and even if she does whatever the hell she wants. Yes, 24% of women earn more than their husbands and you can be sure that if those relationships work out the husbands are VERY compliant.
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no and no
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]sensitive subject, I see giant
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she's brilliant that's why you agree on so much and get along so good
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]right?
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no I'm saying men are much more tolerant of women than women are of men and more willing to make sacrifices for sex and relationships with women than women are with men
[Read the article: Act like a man (who knows what that means)!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO DOING SO and that women both exploit and deny this reality.