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for the men responding here, that they've been so burned by some woman that they've turned into raving misogynists.
I also feel really sorry for the women who have to date them. Yikes!
My observation is that there are two kinds of relationships, those based on friendship (good), and those based on manipulation, bargaining and power plays (bad).
Meet a man/woman and find out if you can be friends FIRST. If so, and you find them physically attractive, that's the person you should marry.
People rush into marriage based on shallow physical attraction and then later feel ripped off when things don't work out. Men sometimes try to "bargain" a woman into sleeping with them based on their financial spreadsheet or other commodities, in exchange for her youthful body or attractiveness, and then feel pissed that the woman starts bargaining with them about sex.
i say those types deserve each other. Let them fight it out in divorce court.