Delete comment from: Captain Capitalism
Captain,
I read an article some years ago about "wimps and barbarians."
http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1192/article_detail.asp
I see similar threads in the article to which you linked.
Society has told us "women must be treated as equals." Okay, fine. Now, they don't like it, and our society suffers.
That's one of the reasons I liked dancing so much. There was 3-ish minutes where the old rules still applied, where a man had to be manly, while a woman had to be feminine.
I will say, that despite turning away from society and doing the things I enjoyed doing (fly fishing, DnD, painting miniatures, and dance), I found a woman who valued the same things in life I did. She had been on the receiving end of some of the things described in the article, and knew I wasn't like the "jerks."
So, even as most women price themselves out of the market, there are a few who stay frugal, save their pennies, and earn their way into a rewarding relationship.
Sadly, many women won't, and will be convinced by our Oprah culture that it's something the guy is doing wrong.
My wife and I sit back and laugh. She'll knit, and I'll paint miniatures.
Nov 18, 2008, 1:58:00 AM
Posted to Pricing Themselves Out of the Market