[driftless2]

Anyone interested in this subject should read Robert Crumb the famous cartoonist. Crumb, a self-confessed artistic nerd in high school, bitterly complained that the most obnoxious, strutting, violent males got all the women while the skinny, shy, more artistic, non-athletic and non-violent types like him suffered. His asserted that women craved men who appeared powerful, and the more overt the bad behavior, the better.

Crumb later boasted that after becoming famous he made up for lost ground, but he always retained his cynicism towards women because of his high-school experiences. By the way, Crumb is hardly anyones idea of a morally, upright person as he himself readily admitted.

[Scotswife]

“Crumb later boasted that after becoming famous he made up for lost ground, but he always retained his cynicism towards women because of his high-school experiences.”

Yeah well - boo hoo Mr. Crumb.Join the club.
Some of us ladies have retained some of our own cynicism towards men because of our high school experiences too.

[driftless2]

that’s “he asserted” not “his asserted. “Proofreading is a poster’s best friend. Paragraphs are a close second.

[Scotswife]

ping!

[Citizen Blade]

Crumb, a self-confessed artistic nerd in high school, bitterly complained that the most obnoxious, strutting, violent males got all the women while the skinny, shy, more artistic, non-athletic and non-violent types like him suffered. His asserted that women craved men who appeared powerful, and the more overt the bad behavior, the better.

That may be true in high school, but such behaviors are not a way to make it in the post-high school world.

Women tend to be attracted to guys who are successful. But, the definition of "success" changes from environment to environment. The high school football star is not as attractive 10 years later when he's an insurance salesman who can't stop talking about his high school glory days.