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I bet you $10 when she was in her 20s, she dated older men
alpha males for sure...she still has a good rack though
Dan8267
2016 Feb 22, 11:08pm
Absolutely. Take Naomi Wolf. I bet you $10 when she was in her 20s, she dated older men. Now she is writing about how terrible it is that 30s-50s men are bringing hot young things to parties instead of dating "Wonderful Women" like herself.
From article...
And yet I did not feel the frisson of envy among the men present, nor did I see a bristle of jealousy from any of the stylish, accomplished women in their 40s. In fact, the mood of both genders was tender, almost pitying. The man may have imagined that he was showing off the youth of his date the way he might show off a new Maserati; but parading her around like an acquisition seemed only to make his friends feel sorry for him.
Yeah, that's not what's going on. That's a older woman's fantasy about what she wishes was going on.
Patrick
2016 Feb 23, 8:03am
accomplished women in their 40s
both genders wrongly assume the other gender thinks the same way that they themselves do. this quote is a classic example. there should be a name for this phenomenon, since it's so common.
men tend to assume women are primarily interested in looks, but that's wrong. women mostly want confidence, dominance, and accomplishments and will put up with quite a lot of ugliness to get it. evolutionary theory predicts this, since women needed a protector and provider to raise children historically.
women tend to assume men are interested in their accomplishments, but sexually, accomplishments in women are invisible. men couldn't care less about that. it really is mostly about looks for men, which makes evolutionary sense too, since men were after their fertility historically. accomplishment was largely irrelevant to raising children.
maybe that's not completely true. being a geeky guy, i was impressed that my wife was in the phd program in physics in ann arbor when we met and could help with my engineering homework. though i was definitely more interested in certain other features.
MisdemeanorRebel
2016 Feb 23, 8:46am
alpha males for sure...she still has a good rack though
She looks damn good for 50+, I gotta say.
It has definitely been liberating that men are no longer expected to be exclusive bread winners in the family. The past has brought undue pressure, stress and early death to male gender. The present is bright and the future looks brighter. Enjoy the progress and embrace the change. You are free to believe what you want and live your life accordingly, but if you try to force the "return to 1950's" beliefs on others, you will get justifiably steamrolled.
Ceffer
2016 Feb 23, 10:31am
women tend to assume men are interested in their accomplishments, but sexually, accomplishments in women are invisible. men couldn't care less about that. it really is mostly about looks for men, which makes evolutionary sense too, since men were after their fertility historically. accomplishment was largely irrelevant to raising children.
How about a woman who fits neatly on the plywood pillory, but doesn't have one of those piercing, shrieky, screaming voices. Perhaps just an attractive Sotto Voce.
Women should be rated by how well they can be muffled with pillowcases and linens. Ought there not be a standard?
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When interviewing at a new company, I alway notice a small flurry of interest in me by all the women who I come into contact with.
The effect seems subtle until once aware of it, but then it's unmistakable and not subtle at all. From the receptionist to the HR woman to potential co-workers, there's a feeling I'm being watched, judged, and talked about. An unlikely number of new random women just happen to walk by and look into the room where I'm being interviewed, no doubt informed explicitly or implicitly by the other women that there is a new man to evaluate. They cannot let the competition get there first! They smile and say hello, as if that were normal on the street. But it's not.
The receptionists and HR women clearly have those jobs partly because it's a way to check out a continuous stream of men for short- or long-term mating potential, and a way to block hot women from getting jobs there through various deliberate accidents and omissions in their application and interviews.
Alas, within a few days or weeks of starting a new job, the women have all had their look or chat, and their attention is back to checking out whatever new man comes in the front door, smiling and saying hello at him now.