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Ms. Traister ends her article with this remark regarding the glamorous life of the famously single Maureen Dowd:
It's such a full, rich life. And that's OK, right? Well? Is it? I don't know, and what "Are Men Necessary?" tells me is that Dowd doesn't either.
But Ms. Traister, I think she does, and you do too. The elephant in the room here is that anyone who has been lucky enough to find love wouldn't trade it for the house, the job, the Pulitzer or all of them together. This embarrassingly simple truth is what our novels and movies are made of, what sells gym memberships, chick-lit, expensive clothes, cars and haircuts.
