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Men Just Want Mommy
New York Times ^
| January 13, 2005
| Maureen Dowd
Posted on 01/13/2005 4:53:28 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Liz
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:09:42 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: Jim Noble
In all those great Tracy/Hepburn movies more than a half-century ago, it was the snap and crackle of a romance between equals that was so exciting. Moviemakers these days seem far more interested in the soothing aura of romances between unequals. And, in real life, by all accounts, the much younger Hepburn was highly subserviant to Tracey, her older, married, lover.
To: Jim Noble
men want real women who want real men. Both should be on the endangered species list.
To: Jim Noble
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:11:18 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: glockmeister40
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In all those great Tracy/Hepburn movies more than a half-century ago, it was the snap and crackle of a romance between equals that was so exciting.
Nice words ... several light-years from today's reality of women who demand that men pay for everything while dating ... and after they're married and then divorced, expect him to pay for everything (again) .... while she squirrls away the child-support for her long-term investment portfolio.
And women wonder WHY american men don't understand the "Committment" word ... (LOL)
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To: Jim Noble
I'd been noticing a trend along these lines, as famous and powerful men took up with the young women whose job it was to tend to them and care for them in some way: their secretaries, assistants, nannies, caterers, flight attendants, researchers and fact-checkers.
I learn something new every day. I always thought it was because many men (including myself) prefer intelligent women over empty fluff.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:13:36 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: Jim Noble
I wonder if Carrie Fisher would think that her substance abuse problems could have anything to do with her dry spell with men.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:15:05 AM PST
by
jimbo123
To: sgtbono2002
Bingo! In addition, a woman can work, my wife has done a GREAT JOB in banking, but is also an awesome mother who NEVER put her job ahead of her kids. Feminazis can't grasp that factoid.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:16:33 AM PST
by
HMFIC
(The Peace Symbol is the FOOTPRINT of the American CHICKEN!)
To: capt. norm
Mo is still looking for excuses as to why she got dumped.Hmmmm..... a movie about a hispanic woman taking a man away from a villainous woman....
In James Brooks's "Spanglish," Adam Sandler, as a Los Angeles chef, falls for his hot Mexican maid. The maid, who cleans up after Mr. Sandler without being able to speak English, is presented as the ideal woman. The wife, played by Téa Leoni, is repellent: a jangly, yakking, overachieving, overexercised, unfaithful, shallow she-monster
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:17:00 AM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: Jim Noble
Executive summary for busy men: those women out there who have only their palm pilot to cuddle? It's not their fault, it's yours. They shouldn't have to adapt their life in any way to you. Who do you think you are, royalty? Now pay them due deference and don't let it happen again.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:19:04 AM PST
by
Taliesan
(The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
To: Jim Noble
I haven't dated in 12 million years And of course, Carrie, it's because you're so smart and successful.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:20:56 AM PST
by
Taliesan
(The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
To: ken5050
Dowd's recounting of the M/F wars is FemiNazi fallout (self-satisfied smirk).
Traditional women ----who reject FemiNazism in all its failures and foibles ----want strong men in their lives. We know that men like to be cosseted, and loved, and fed well. And if we do that, our men let us rule the roost. The men get what they want. We get what we want. Not so hard to figure out, is it?
OMG, what did I just say? (running for the hills)
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:22:16 AM PST
by
Liz
(Wise men are instructed by reason; lesser men, by experience; the ignorant, by necessity. Cicero)
To: glockmeister40
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.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:25:49 AM PST
by
Politicalmom
( Since Bush was selected in 2000, shouldn't he be able to run again in 2008?)
To: bikepacker67
"Women, by contrast, did not show a marked difference in their attraction to men who might work above or below them. "
You are right in that the above sentence is absolute rubbish. Even in college women's dating habits/choices center on achievers and it triples after college. I'm sure these statistics of Dowd's come from women's feelings and not their actions.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:27:26 AM PST
by
Monterrosa-24
(Technology advances but human nature is dependably stagnant)
To: theDentist
Sounds like Maureen is going thru a mid-life crisis.Well... ugly, fat and bitter is no way to go through life...
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:27:30 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
To: Jim Noble
Prime Minister Hugh Grant? I just can't imagine.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:27:50 AM PST
by
shekkian
To: Jim Noble
A new study by psychology researchers at the University of Michigan, using college undergraduates Well there ya go, judging the entire male ego by the behavior of male undgrads.. be serious.
To: Jim Noble
I must promote a great book here. It's "For Women Only" by Sahuntai Feldhahn. For any woman who reads it, it will change her life and her husbands life.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:30:11 AM PST
by
feedback doctor
(Mark Sanford for President in '08)
To: Publius6961
Where's Michael Douglas when she needs him? Oh, that's right, with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:30:37 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Jerry Springer: PBS for White Trash)
To: Liz
< Traditional women ----who reject FemiNazism in all its failures and foibles ----want strong men in their lives. We know that men like to be cosseted, and loved, and fed well. And if we do that, our men let us rule the roost. The men get what they want. We get what we want. Not so hard to figure out, is it? >
You are exactly right. It's just a little secret that we have been forced to keep to be PC.
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posted on
01/13/2005 5:31:47 AM PST
by
GOP_Proud
(Those who proclaim tolerance have the least for my views.)
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