Men Just Want Mommy

New York Times ^ | January 13, 2005 | Maureen Dowd

[opus86]

A second study, which was by researchers at four British universities and reported last week, suggested that smart men with demanding jobs would rather have old-fashioned wives, like their mums, than equals.

Anybody catch that? As though being an "old-fashioned wife" would make a woman unequal to her husband.

[MAWG]

Not to mention the fact that she is fat, repulsive and obnoxious. That might have something to do with it.

[ArGee]

Of course that's what men want.

If a man had that he'd want something else. The grass is ALWAYS greener.

However, intelligent men just want someone who will love him at least as much as she loves herself. Ideally she will love him more. Ideally, he will love her more than he loves himself.

Shalom.

[cjshapi]

Hmmmm ping

[lentulusgracchus]

......and will do practically anything for us.

Why do you have this power thing? "Putty in my hands" and so on. It isn't attractive, no moreso than thinking about the lyrics to "Under My Thumb".

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

I've never met any intelligent man who seeks Manhattan MENSA headgames with a self-absorbed narcissistic liberal.

Maureen's problem seems to be in hiding behind this "high IQ" theory of mating difficulties. There may be a much simpler explanation. She has a very whiny-sounding voice and sounds like she has unrealistic expectations. Add being a really lousy kisser and estrogen problems, and the answer might be lurking in there somewhere.

[Liz]

That great girl of yours sure has a nice guy.....and now she knows it for sure.

[Liz]

You are dense.....the trick is not to let the guy know it, silly.

[Enterprise]

I don't have a source, but I have read that women are attracted to men "above" them, but avoid men "below" them. I guess a practical example would be the male executive who would marry a secretary, and a female executive who would not marry a window cleaner.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Most men are too shallow to choose properly, valuing the packaging above the contents.

And you call this a woman-bashing thread?

Here's my advice to women. If we men are so despicable, leave us alone. Have nothing to do with us. Everybody wins.

[Gabz]

Sigh.................

[Enterprise]

LOL! - Good one - Life imitating art.

[zoobee]

Yes I NAILED it alright. He can't have a smart woman for reason.....they obviously aren't attracted to him.

Case in point:

I've done a 51 year study and the women who are "equals" or "supervisors" insist on attempting emotional castration to assert there position.

The word here is: THEIR.

[Pondman88]

"If a man had that he'd want something else. The grass is ALWAYS greener."

You are correct, if a man had a great looking wife, doing the housework, happy to see him....he'd want a nice french maid on the side!!!!!

[BibChr]

What a blessed man your husband is.

Dan

[camle]

dunno about the IQ part - it's be hard to have an intelligent conversation with someone with the intellect of, say brittany spears, but a mind like ann coulters can make a dull day interesting.

My lady is highly intelligent - a PHD with a successful career behind her, and the conversation keeps us occupied between bouts of activities.

[Carolinamom]

She puts others before her self...because she CHOOSES to....

So true. It follows that if she takes a job or continues her "career" after the children are older, it will be for the benefit of her family and not for purely a selfish SELF-fulfillment reason.

[Enterprise]

Great. ANOTHER woman-bashing thread. There are plenty of women who are sweet AND smart. Most men are too shallow to choose properly, valuing the packaging above the contents."

No comment.

[BibChr]

Wow. What an uncharacteristically sour note, for you. Bad day?

Dan

[CheneyChick]

There are two kinds of women out there - sweet or smart. I'll take sweet over smart any day.

And then sometimes there is a package deal that comes along.... ask my man, he'll tell you.

Cheers, CC :)