Read this- I did.

[beccasue37]

OK- I read this and I think you should too. It is kind of long but girls may be able to relate and understand it and boys should read it because I said to and because I want to know what you guys are REALLY looking for in a woman. Be honest. I'm not saying I agree completely about everything she says but it made me think about some things.

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sad sad sad

[lovedablues]

It's a terrible truth, but it IS true. A lot of times, it's not even conscious on the part of the men, but we do crave women who can affirm us by being worse at things than we are. I HATE it, but sometimes, when Ann Lowrey does better at things, it hurts my feelings more than it would with other people. Raaah on our culture that downplays half of our population because the other half is insecure with who we are.

wow, im glad you posted this becca

[katieanne41]

i read the feminine mystique over the summer and would recommend it to anyone, it really shows where women have come from and how it tends to be one vicious circle where we arent gaining anything...
awesome.. double standards all over... its great that their insecurities can keep women from fufilling their professional and personal capabilities and desires. i consider myself pretty indpendpent and apparently doomed to singleness... ha ive always said it, its gonna take quite a guy to handle me and get me to settle down :)

im ready, lets start a revolution!

[kimbro]

Gah, half of that, I never would have thought of, but now that she mentions it, it's both scary and true. What's really sad is that I can relate some people I know to women she described in this column. I think we can beat the system though. I mean, girls can be both successful and married. All men aren't intimidated or turned off by a woman's aptitude. Maybe I live in a bubble or something, but I prefer to be optimistic about the state of men and women's relationships with one another. I really do think we can happily co-exist. And a little healthy competition is probably good for us all.

[davetron256]

What guys are looking for more than anything is approval. The truth is (in general) guys are terrified of women. Society has really built this men and women thing into something that it never was. They have made us into two completely separate cultures and told us: men want this and women want this and that's the way it is... it's a fact of life. So, People believe the shit. Men believe that they have to be something impressive or something they're really not in order to have a woman, which they believe they couldn't have otherwise. So, in short, they think poorly of themselves, but in the same instance women think poorly of themselves. Both men and women are seeking to be accepted and feel loved. At the bottom of all of this, we all just want to be happy. It's all very complicated. So, there's tons of deception going on. Anyway, it is true that most of the time men go after women who are "under" them because they want to reaffirm to themselves that they are powerful and as good as they hope they are, but they never know

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[hecapps19]

We can go fishing anytime it's appropriate. If ever. I'm sure you're a regular bass-expert-catcher-person like you see on those high tv channels. As for the article, I attempted to read it, but about halfway through I realized I had other stuff to do, like paint my toenails. No, seriously, it was kind of long. But yes, men are necessary, if you want to have something to complain about. As for women having no money/power/sex(i added that last word), I think they can have lots of all those things. In short, I would desperately enjoy having a sugar mama in my life, you know, someone who can support me to a lifestyle to which I will soon become accustomed. Yo Go Girls!