Don't worry. We forgive you in advance. It is doubtful that the world will miss anyone's progeny, but yours I especially will not miss. Your progeny will just write repetitive posts at Salon. All your posts consist of:

1. I used to be a nice guy.

2. Women rejected me.

3. So I became an anti-feminist in the mold of Ben Dover.

4. WTF? Women still reject me!

Here's a clue: Dover lies.

As to your "rejection?" Maybe you just aren't likeable.

A cute and funny diss to be sure (not)

So you never repeat yourself?

The Broadsheet audience consists of more than just you, with many new people on all the time, and I respond in a lot more ways than you give me credit. But that is getting nowhere, I realize you are just trying to wave your little Fabulous Feminist Dismissal Wand at me.

Women CAPITALIZE on men being separated from communication and understanding with women. This is known. The directives only go ONE WAY, with woman dictating to the man what she needs and now and "HOW DARE he have issues of his own!".

I grew up in an environment where I felt misunderstood as a boy, despised merely for being male. this was made known to me in a million small ways. "Be a man" was something I hated to hear.

I admit I am a sensitive person, so it hits me more than it would hit a neanderthal guy who toughens up and tricks people into giving him his needs. I guess I always want to take the HIGH ROAD and try to resolve a situation, in this case inter-gender issues I feel are relevant and becoming TOXIC.

I look to my little contribution as being a small part of a much bigger picture. PART ONE-- get men to realize they do not have to take the bullshit women throw at us men everyday. One part of this is to get men to realize they are being thrown bullshit in the first place and that they should demand MORE from the women around them.

History will prove me right or wrong, but I for one, want to see any future boys I have (and girls) grow up in a society where there is not so much ANTAGONISM between the sexes based on core misumderstandings, and where boys and men are understood NOT TO BE mythical patriarchal sky beasts to be despised because they lack the magickal XX in their bones.

So I'm somewhat clumsy and reptitive at times. Pardon me, I am not flawless and eternally correct, unlike you women.

What is your goal, other than continuing to shut guys down and oppress them?

I am likable and (I am told) quite charming WHEN I WANT TO BE. I could be married and have kids tomorrow if I really wanted them. But the price I am being given is too high to pay for that.

My bigger question: Why do ALL men have to pay such a high price for the sins of the WORST men? And why are men not punishing all women in return for the behavior of the worst women?

answer these for me please.

all the females that WANT fun, and all the ASSHOLE STUDS, (every one of them), are getting some fun.

But my point is, it's all harmless fun. No one goes to a nightclub or a bar with the pretext of finding "the one." Manipulation is all part of the dance of seduction. It is, frankly, part of the fun!

Uh huh. It's just women who refuse to treat men as anything other than men - other men are always absolutely gentle, open-hearted and understanding to men who don't fall into gender norms.

You don't know men. You've never been a fly on the wall aroudn men in their natural environment. Norah Vincent, to her shock, disproved the notion that men are mean or less than genteel to fruity or weak men.

I'm guessing you already know this, but the unacceptability of gender bending is not perpetrated primarily by women,

Most women I dated in my life or knew as a friend abhored less than manly men and were quite clear about it-- other than as shopping friends that is.

and there is a movement that actively works against the forces you feel are working against you. It is called feminism.

Sounds like politics, all promises but no substance behind them. Worse yet, feminists say one thing , then promote policies or act another way counter to what they say.

Why do you women keep acting like your lies, homilies, cliches and fabrications mean anything IN THE REAL WORLD? Get with REALITY and facts, really think things through, and quit posting until you do.

these men always have women around them, because they are 'manly' enough to bash gays, or so it seems by your post.

no man I have been friends with bashes gays, but then neither do we have many women floating around us either.

and therein lies the egg and chicken scheme-- which came first? If it is SEXIER for men to bash gays, do women then hang out with them?

with due respect.

Women have choices. Those choices when aggregated trend in a certain direction. Those choices also have a real world effect.

it is well known that assholes get laid, not all assholes, and nice guys do not, not all nice guys.

it is also well known that women claim to want nice guys- not all women claim this.

if women choose assholes night after night, this has a real world effect, or do you disagree?

women refuse to face up to any responsibility, that is another matter- not all women refuse this, mind you.

Feminism? All it has done is created a bigger market for assholes to get laid more while freeing women to empower themselves to avoid nice guys (since they do not need anything but dick from men anyway)