I have a different perspective on the man's cave as power theory. I have an office. My wife does not. This is considered my space because it's the only room in the house I am "allowed" to decorate to my sensibility, like hanging a framed picture of the 13th green at Augusta, or a poster of Bob Dylan. My wife pretty much makes all the decisions on the other 8 rooms, which I would consider "her space". When we lived in a 3 room apt she made all decorating decisions. Whether she believes that she is the better interior designer really doesn't matter IMHO, since that's still subjective, and it's just not worth it for me to argue. I think it would be very difficult to argue I have an office because of my financial power.

Now normally we make joint decisions on just about everything else, but my wife does take care of the little things like what town we live in, what house, the furniture, the cars, etc. Needless to say, in this relationship, sexual power trumps financial power.

I've been with my wife happily for 24 years and we are very different people. Maybe we're the exception, but it does prove there are no rules.

Yesterday I was called out for not really being happily married because of my snark about my wife making a large portion of the decisions about where we live, how the house is decorated, etc. Actually that was suppose to be sarcastic, but sarcasm doesnt play well online. At any rate, I let my wife make many decisions because they are more important to her than they are to me. To me, that's what makes the marriage work, sometimes deferring to the person you love because that makes them happy, that doesnt mean your being walked all over.

I also had some snark about sexual power trumping financial power which of course led to comments about me being led around by my dick and being married to have a steady sex partner. You folks shouldn't project so much. A woman's sexual power is a very real aspect of a relationship and to boil it down to such cynical comments is ignorant. In reality I have found women's sexual habits, my wife included, to be more driven by where they are in their cycle vs external influences like me doing the dishes, buying influence,or acting like a doormat. Sticking with someone for 20 odd years just for the sex sounds impossible to me.

Its always amazing to me how many experts there are on love and marriage that are divorced (multiple times?) and/or single.

Two points. I don't know any men who would say "I need to recover some of my masculinity". This sounds like more feminist echo chamber crap. Secondly, any men that might complain about having to live by women's rules or having to play too many roles are most likely NOT complaining about all women, they would be likely complaining about feminism.....that is a significantly smaller percentage of the female population. You know the loud minority, broadsheet feminism...ie radical feminism...ie dictate to men what is acceptable behavior feminism.

I really wish the Telegraph article had a link to the survey. Although it was done in the UK, I would really like to see the wording of the questions since some of the results are implausible.

The post reads "all-female" bands on the "mainstream music" scene.

but I Dream of Jeannie

She's been out of it mathematically since the rout up the Potomac. The media continues to play along. She can cry all she wants about Michigan and Florida, but the reality is she agreed their delegates wouldn't be seated until she fell behind and couldn't possibly come close without those states. I wish someone would just ask Hillary "Why weren't you complaining about the disenfranchment of Michigan and Florida voters BEFORE you fell behind ?" Crickets. And she can't even be told to get out of the race, less all the 50 year old divorced women scream "sexism"! Its over. Its been over. Using Karl Roves playbook isn't going to change that.

If this is a legal activity, I don't see why this would be a problem. Most of my experiences with "doing business" in strip clubs is really when a businessman is in from out of town and has asked where the good strip clubs are. The intent is not to lure him into a business deal by plying him with drinks or nude ladies, but to have some fun with an important customer who wants to go to a strip club. Call it relationship building, or giving the customer what he wants. Now if we're talking about expensing lap dances and all night drinks, that doesn't pass the sniff test and is probably against most company's policy. The reality is, the business is not getting done in the strip club.

How about if I take a business associate out to a strip club and we get snookered and get lap dances all night (been a long time) but nothing is expensed? I know ... men enjoying the female form is sexist, but that's one thing that aint changin'

I think if I had the amount of cash that these bankers had, I would luv to indulge in some half century old Chateau Petrus. Let's not forget they paid with their own money !!

Someday I'll sip on a 1947 Chateau Petrus, and I might offer a glass to Greeneyedkzin, but she would probably throw it in my face.