That is all.

You know, that's just what the menfolk were saying about Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign. Too aggressive, too matronly or too masculine, didn't do as she was told -- no wonder the Party's superdelegates cast her off like an old shoe. Only when Hillary submitted to the male did she finally win applause.

Who knows? Maybe President Obama will let Hillary bake cookies in the White House.

If Moore is right, then clearly the Dianic separatists have a point. We should all don flannel and move to our rural wymmyn centric colonies right now! Because obviously men are icky!

make sense or be helpful or fair.

You see examples of this all the time: 9 Proven Ways To Get Rich In 90 days, The Cake-and-Wine Diet: How To Slim Down Without Trying Very Hard, Secrets of Finding Love Between Your Couch Cushions, and so on.

Fill up 200-300 pages of stuff that 1) will p!ss off lots of people so they'll write about it and get you free publicity and/or 2) tells people what they want to hear.

That's all this is.

...Frank T.J. Mackey, author of Seduce and Destroy. No doubt an inspiration for this moron.

What woman would read a book called "The Re-Education of the Female?"

OK, let me rephrase that...what woman would read a book called "The Re-Education of the Female" looking for advice about how to behave? (Not be confused with students in intro women's studies courses, looking for proof that men are dogs.)

This Dante guy is the worst of the worst. Using him as an example of a typical man is ludicrous, and using him as an example of Obama voters is just so profoundly stupid.

Could this book be some sort of (self-)parody? You never know... But if the advice is meant seriously, I suppose the interesting thing to look for is if there are women who will read it and follow it. It sounds ridiculous enough, maybe they'll just laugh even if he didn't mean it as comedy. But if there are some who follow it... well, what can you do? Some people like to live as submissive partners--just ask the BDSMers. Maybe that's what this book is about: BDSMers going mainstream.

He must not have the smarts to deal with strong, intelligent women.

All I know is, once I got to college, treating women as equals and with respect got me to the top shelf.

Guys like this -- who are in the minority, trust me -- give us all a bad name.

I have had several conversations over the years - both with female and male friends - about the reasons for this.

Some friends (of both sexes) say that it comes down to paternal abandonment. (You know, that familiar refrain: "With men, it's all about Mommy. And women? Yup, it's all about Daddy."

In other words, father treats adolescent daughter with emotional neglect --> normalizes male interaction for daughter --> normalizes assholes as model of male behavior.

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Other friends, though (again of both sexes), have said that the reason instead has to do with the nature of beginning a relationship.

A girl who knows she is pretty does not want to hear she is pretty. (And similarly if she is smart, funny, etc.)

The earnest, decent, good-hearted lad who shows interest in a girl is a potential mate that the girl knows she can wrap around a finger. Where's the sport in that?

(And let's face it: the games of early romantic interaction are a sport. They are for so many other animal species - watch any Nature show to see how - so why not for us Homo sapiens?)

But the Asshole....ahhh, that irresistible Asshole.

Women know they won't get that compliment, that interest, that sense of security in the relationship from "him".

And they drive themselves batty to earn any of the above. That, I have to agree, is the allure.

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What is more appealing to you: a never-ending bowl of vanilla ice cream that is placed on your table before you...

Or the last couple spoonfuls of chocolate ice cream being offered to another diner?

Yup - the chocolate. We want that which might just be...but also NOT be...barely within our grasp.

This, I think, is at the heart of why assholes get laid.

Thoughts, anyone?

Cheers,

Lonewolfy

Half-Saint, Half-Bastard

You know, if this were the only type of guy out there, I'd much rather be alone.

Fortunately, I have a wonderful husband and a relationship based on mutual trust and respect. Amazing!

I just sometimes don't want to believe that people can actually write and believe this nowadays. It is probably also why I don't commit that much in women equal rights battle : living around educated people, you tend to think that while there are a few remnant chauvinist groups, the war for equal rights is won.

Reading this actually makes me want to throw up. I guess every single battle is worth fighting, because if we can actually still see such propaganda/nonsense/insults to human dignity, war's not over.

a Pulitzer? I think so.

Although I'm sure my friends and I would get a great laugh out of it!!

Pardon me if I have a hard time taking advice on how to get men from a man who hasn't been able to commit, despite the fact that millions of other men do.

Why would anybody in their right mind who was looking for a solid relationship take advice from a guy who took nearly two years just to reach "exclusive", may or may not still be dating other women, and has never married but already has at least one child? Heck, just plain from a guy who claims he's never felt true love?

That's like taking advice on basketball from Stephen Hawking, or advice on faith from Christopher Hitchens.

This guy is definitely and Asshole. I personally prefer to be a modern, thinking kind of guy, but I must admit that anecdotal evidence would suggest that SOME women are definitely attracted to the "bad boy". But to assume that ALL women suffer from some sort of skewed perception of the male/female relationship, as the Asshole with the book seems to believe, is really quite a stretch.

I'm tending to agree with the poster that said he's just trying to make a quick buck.