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the practice of insemination using donor or a friend's sperm is becoming so common that communities of single mothers are forming, sometimes around a common donor father
In the old days, it was called a harem.
Ironically, feminism -- which devalues traditional families and is sympathetic toward single motherhood -- serves up a buffet of fertile ovaries to the alpha male. Once hindered by social constraints, he can now have ALL of their children. Even better, he is not encumbered by financial constraints on children conceived this way.
What this means is that to succeed from a biological standpoint a man need no longer invest in the tedious wooing of women, nor demonstrate the ability to raise their children in safety and security. That "nice guy" approach is in the dustbin. Today a man need only demonstrate desired traits. And those women invested in the gene-theory of everything will do the rest.
Or shall we say "perceived" traits. B/c when ex-Heisman winner and former Chipndales dancer Mr. Mensa Bigbucks turns out to be a fat anti-feminist comix geek who rigged his resume at the local bank to double his "performance" bonuses, well, the jokes gonna be on them.
But, hey, all is not lost, I do have a good nose ...
I met the guy at a dinner. He is VERY SHY. He stutters and pauses in person just as on TV. He also has a long history of stirring the pot on many issues at Harvard, usually accusing women of this or blacks of that. I think this is mainly to compensate for his personality. Basically, extremely passive in person, he is very aggressive in his comments, and enjoys the commotion. So don't take this book too seriously. He has no credible research or scientific background behind it; he's an interpretor of classical works of philosophy by trade.
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Any guy who believe that being nice will get him laid is either rich, good looking, deluded, or married. Walk up to a hot girl in a bar, say "Buy me a drink, bitch" and if you do it with a smile, and good eye contact, you will just as likely get a blowjob as a beer.
Now try saying instead, "May I buy you a drink" in a shy manner and see what happens.
Confident jerk beats shy nice guy every time.
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Can't help noticing how squalerholla thinks this is all about her. Typical female. Me me me!
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"And some men have a thing for beeyotches"
Lucky for the Broadsheet ladies...
but it's better treated with medication/therapy
meantime, stop wrecking people's lives with your hollowness
sorry to find out it was true. at least he can afford therapy.
ONE CHARACTER OF MANLINESS is standing fast in the face of unjust aggression. You can witness this in action on Broadhseet.
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For months, Broadsheet has dished out sexist slander, feminist spew, and vile male sterotypes.
And for months the same men have shown up to hold it accountable.
These men attack feminism. They attack the man-baiting and biased "journalism" of Broadsheet writers. And they attack society's hypocritical double standards for men which parade under the banner of women's rights. But they rarely attack other posters.
In response, they are continuously slandered in bitter and personal terms. They are labeled unhinged, mysoginist, insane, bitter, evil, shit turds. The open-minded lynch mob which stands for truth and freedom petitions endlessly to have these men banned, deleted, censored, or disbarred.
All of which does nothing to deter them. B/c these men believe in what they are saying. They refuse to back down. They won't go away.
And the funny thing is, that makes them the most consistent Broadsheet audience. These men actually care more about what Harris, Traister, and the rest of their ilk say than any of the women here. They write the original critique of the contents. And thus they drive the entire response to the blog.
When you get down to it, the much-hated male readers of this blog form the core Broadhseet audience.
That has got to tell you something about the appeal of this feature to women readers and the impact of its content.
Anyway, I second the vote for a Dudesheet, which would only be fair and reasonable.
But I wonder: what then would be left of Broadsheet?
Food for thought.
"...passion for poetry, their desire to discover vaccines and their conviction that they can make the world a better place..."
In other words, these girls are good at verbalizing their good intentions. Talk about construction jobs. There is a road for them to pave out there.
What this article shows this man is that female admissions officers connect more easily with female applicants b/c they speak the same language of romantic idealism. It is the same language which draws women to chic lit and romance novels.
You won't find a lot of high-school guys putting on such a song and dance. So let's hope test scores, grades, athletics, etc. still count for something. Boys have always been more about action and outcome than poetry and world peace.
Funny thing, so is the rest of the world.
Congrats.
P.S. Alice Trillings article "BETTING YOUR LIFE" is a must read for anyone about to let a surgeon take apart their back.
Anal. (again)
Seriously. This guy is saying to his wife, either give me anal sex, or I will go get it from the experts. In a straight man's mind, that translates to:
"Give me liberty, or give me death."
I can't think of any other reason a man would wear leather pants to a gay bar and flirt with men.
So, it's all in her, um, hands, so to speak.