Reply #129: I just don't know if that is true.... [View All]

[Dastard Stepchild]

so many of my female pals bemoan the neanderthals they date, but I always make the most simple of statements: if you troll a cave looking for a date, don't be surprised to come up with a caveman.

I just know way too many women who talk about how men are "dogs" and "pigs" and other assorted animals, and yet, these very same women constantly date these very same men. And I've seen awesome guys get shot down b/c they were too short, too nerdy, too whatever.
I simply cannot hang this problem entirely on the guys. Yes, there are a number of boorish louts that shouldn't be out dating anyone, let alone dating my friends. BUT, women choose these men as romantic partners, so women need to take some responsibility here as well.

If a percentage of men insist on watching sports over the collective shoulders of women waxing poetic on their lives, they are doing so because a percentage of women seemingly allow this in their relationships. Behavior that results in us NOT getting what we want (a date, a steamy encounter, you name it) is generally tossed for a behavior that results in us getting the very thing we desire. If all women really had a problem with the sporty machismo of some guys, I don't think we'd be seeing that as prominently as we do now.

Myself... I tend to stay out of the caves and troll the coffeehouses in search of the men nearly weeping into their Emily Dickinson poetry book. :)