“A guy on a bicycle was staring at her so intently he nearly got hit by a bus. ‘Watch out,’ she cried, but the sound was swallowed by the simultaneous blast of the bus driver’s horn. The biker swerved, and the bus just missed him. He slammed into a parked car and was thrown to …
Category: men
Jun 18
from I Don’t, Clementine Ford
There’s a lot here and every bit is worth reading.
Better yet, just get the book. And read it. Every word.
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from blurb for Ford’s I Don’t
“why do so many women still believe that our value is intrinsically tied to being chosen by a man?”
“Ford explains …
Apr 12
Suppose two married women …
Suppose two married women get jobs outside the home at the same time, forcing their husbands to hire someone to do the cooking, cleaning, and childcare. Ten hours/day, 5 days/week, at $20/hr. It’s a lot to afford, but the men have so-called ‘breadwinner’ salaries.
Suppose it turns out that Emma is hired by …
Apr 01
Suppose by some biochemical quirk
Suppose by some biochemical quirk, the hormones we’ve been feeding cows inhibits testosterone in humans, so the more meat men eat, the weaker they become.
Suppose that within a year, males lost their 30% physical strength advantage over women.
What would happen?
Mar 23
Naomi Alderman’s The Power meets Monty Python’s “Hell’s Grannies”
A man struts and huffs and puffs and expands like a blowfish, but all the old women close their eyes. Deny him the female gaze. Refuse to be a witness to his Almighty Greatness, let alone a cheerleader.
And not only does he deflate, he disappears in a puff of, well, nothingness. Existential …
Aug 16
How would that matter indeed.
“What do you think she would be like in bed?”“I’ve nevr met her.”“How would that matter?”
So telling.
Jul 24
from Fraternity Gang Rape, Peggy Reeves Sanday
“Rape [is] rare in 47 percent of the societies studied and common in 18 percent of them. … In the more rape-prone societies there [is] greater sexual segregation, male social dominance, interpersonal violence, and the subordination of women” p4
“… in the United States, which is in all likelihood one of …
Jul 06
Men and Women in the 21st century
None of these quotes (all from The Unmade Bed by Stephen Marche) are representative of what the book’s about, but they do reveal, perhaps unintentionally, Marche’s subtitle, “The messy truth about men and women in the 21st century”.
“Eventually, David Granger, the editor-in-chief of Esquire, read something I’d written for the Toronto Star …
Jun 02
a few of the many insights in Holly Bourne’s When We Were Friends
“That song [“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by Carole King) is the most true song that’s ever been written.” p175
“Speaking so loudly [about football] and with such arrogant authority that everyone else sort of had to listen.” p219
“Is it just me or is it crazy that football chat is …
Feb 23
American Tragedy — Indeed.
So I watched American Tragedy (purporting to explain the American tragedy of school shooting) last night—actually I fast-forwarded through a lot because it was so superficial and, thus, boring, ignoring the elephants in the room.
1. As soon as a boy enters puberty, his body goes into testosterone overload and almost overnight, he …
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