MCP wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4263143.stm
>
> Forget those 1950s stereotypes: what today's woman wants is a man who
cooks,
> cleans and looks after the children, according to a new survey.
> The multi-talented, multi-tasking new man has been dubbed the
Stepford
> Husband.

Does anyone remember asking women what they want?  They're always in
such a hurry to get into our faces and tell us what they want.  Why?
Why do they insist that we know?  I thought we were irrelevant,
unnecessary, luxury items who were secondary to their enormously
successful careers.  Why do they expend so much air telling us mere
playthings what they want from us?

It's obvious that they want something from us, and that they can't find
it among the existing pool of eligible men.  So rather than work with
the pool of applicants they have, they'll nag the lot of us with BS (or
BBC) hit pieces like this.  Well, let me break it down for 'em:  On
whole, the pool of applicants isn't interested in changing, and we're
no longer the true pool of applicants anyway.  Gone are the days when
men lined up for a shot at being your lifelong gravy train.  Now it is
you who must apply with us if you want to play house on our nickel.

> His composite picture emerged from a survey carried out for the
dating
> service Match.com.

Ugh.  A woman you meet there is like a porcelain figurine that was put
on display, ignored, and sold on Ebay.

> More than 2,000 female university graduates aged 20 - 45 took part in
the
> survey, which also indicated a growing trend towards men taking over
> childcare "between jobs" while women become the main breadwinners.

 bullshit! 

As always, there remains the glaring difference between what women tell
us they want and what they really want, not that it matters.  A man can
essentially do what he likes, and as long as he's exposed to people,
he'll most likely meet someone he likes, or at least someone he wants
to bang.

Essentially, most women are like scooters - they look fun, but no one
wants to be seen riding one.  You can find someone who will satisfy
your immediate needs.  It's just difficult to find someone you'd spend
your life with.

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