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I'm curious about one thing, Dick: How would you answer the questions you keep posing? If I understand it correctly, your main points are:
(a) men and women are different (in particular with respect to their interest in sex, and thus in each other), and we should discuss how to make the best of it rather than trying to change one into the other;
(b) because of (a), (straight) women don't really want men the way (straight) men want women, so men suffer more than women in the 'war of the sexes' (i.e. they're in a less favored position).
Would that represent your position accurately?
Of course there are problems with this position (maturity questions, what people are looking for, civilized/decent behavior when dealing with others, etc.), but let's brush them aside, because I'm actually really interested in your opinion.
Let's say, for the sake of the argument, that (a) and (b) (in case they do represent your position well) are indeed right. What would you suggest be done about it? If taken at face value, (a) and (b) seem to suggest that, no matter what the circumstances are, either men will be unhappy with the situation, or then women will be--no other possibility. Or am I wrong?
