laurann{at}sprintmail.com wrote:
women find


> > manipulation so much as slightly dishonest.  Many a woman has
chosen
> > someone who could provide for her better over that which is more
> > interesting.  It's a bit dishonest that Maureen doesn't note this
as
> > part of her search for some sort of parity.
> I doubt Maureen is searching for someone to take care of her, she's
> doing quite well herself. She just wants a guy who has the same level
> of intelligence and interests as herself.

Actually, it would be more correct to say that she wants only a guy
with equal intelligence and interests to what she perceives hers to be.
I have found her editorial comments to be generally quite
superficial. And she seems always to have had a giant chip on her
shoulder about the guy thing - which she inserts regularly into her
column. Which tends to trivialize her pretenses of political punditry.
How often do men in her line of work whine about the dating scene?
Her attitude in print towards men is a mix of desperation and
hostlilty. And she seems to lack insight as to the incoherence (not to
mention the dangerous potential) of her stance.
She says she wants a smart guy but what would a smart guy do with
such a person? He would not want her to even get his phone number.
She exudes a massive sense of entitlement. Nothing wrong with that
except that it rules out all sympathy when she gets less than her
self-perception requires.



> > Are men threatened by intelligence in women?  I don't know.  *IF*
the
>
> > number of highly intelligent unmarried women exceed the number of
> highly
> > intelligent unmarried me then I guess there could be any number of
> > reasons for it along with male choice.
> >
> > I'm wondering why Maureen is fixated on just one type of guy, what
> she
> > considers her equivalent in the NYC political world.  Is her
obscure
> > object of desire a certain social status or an intimate
partnership?
> Again, from reading her columns, she doesn't seem to be the kind of
> person seeking social or even financial status. She probably just
wants
> a guy who is smart, fun and intimate.
>
> > > > > > I highly doubt Carrie Fisher requires alimony.
> > > > >
> > > > > >> Women trying to incite a moral panic about them not
getting
> to
> > > > have
> > > > > >> relationships with the people they want. 
They seem to
have
> > > > confused
> > > > > this with
> > > > > >> an actual moral wrong.
> > > > >
> > > > > > No one used the word "moral" but
you.  What they're saying
is
> that
> > > > many
> > > > > > men would rather be taken care of than stimulated.
> > > > >
> > > > > And that is such "stimulating" conversation.  LOL.
> > > > Not stimulating, but sad and a lot of times, true.
> > >
> > > Not sad, not bad and most of the time, not true.
> Then what do you men want?
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