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Ah, come on! Most of the women I know out-and-out resent my bias strongly in favor of youth when it comes to a female companion! You can't blame me for wanting a relatively baggageless young lady in my life, can you? ;-)

As a 38-year-old woman (who is often assumed to be in my late 20s to 30ish) who has read enough of your misogynistic diatribes (on various threads), I can't tell you just relieved I am to be far out of your range.

I like men, I don't blame the whole male population for the flaws of a few and I laugh at (and sometimes commiserate with) most of the rants that guys post here -- but you are one of the few people who just push my buttons the wrong way.

And just what do YOU have to offer these "baggageless young ladies"?

Relax, GOP Chick - I don't rant about women and I am not a woman hater. I don't know what diatribes you are talking about. I have strong positions on the matter, most of which tend to be rooted in my strong bias for youth ful women in their mid 20s.

Older single or divorced women, on balance tend to have baggage and issues that I'd simply rather not deal with. Sticking with younger, fresh faced, and most importantly fresh outlooked women is a wiser course of action.

I recommend the same to women - avoid bitter men, avoid men with baggage - it's not worth dealing with.

I know a lot of men are negative and I do my best to discourage that. A man will never find a good woman if they are negative. But I'm not negative, I am quite positive, in fact.

That being said, a lot of women who I know who turned the corner on 30 and who are alone and getting bitter. They are not fresh faced and they don't have fresh outlooks.

As for me, I am 36, I don't smoke, don't drink, I am handsome, masculine, conservative, a practicing Roman Catholic, loyal, honest, sincere, thoughtful, trustworthy, humble, and more. I have my own sucessful business and money isn't a problem. I am inteligent, with a graduate law degree, and I have pretty good street smarts too. I quickly became a leader in my chosen industry.

My 30ish plus single lady friends tend to have a problem with my mid-20s lady companions. My lady companions don't have a problem with them. What's up with that?

My 30ish plus single lady friends never had a romantic interest in me in the first place. So why the disdain, huiffing and puffing, and badmouthing that has gotten back to me? What, I am not 'supposed' to date attractive young women? What's up with that?

My 30ish plus single lady friends have no men in their lives and worse, few prospects. What's up with that?

So this isn't misoginy as you like to think. I come nowhere close to blaming all women and I agree that is a terrible mindset for any man to have. That being said, I like to avoid the negativity that I see in quite a few women. Playing the oldies lowers the chances of dealing with that protracted baggage and residual negativity.

So my bias in favor of youth is not rooted in misoginy (if I was misoginistic, I would be down on all women, and clearly I am not).