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Are Men Stupid?
CNN ^ | Mon April 23, 2012 | Frida Ghitis

Posted on 04/29/2012 6:18:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Are men stupid? How else can we explain the endless parade of otherwise successful individuals, who by all appearances seem intelligent and competent, and yet risk destroying their careers and their personal lives over the chance to have a sexual escapade?

John Edwards crashing from the heights of promise to infamy, from presidential candidate to defendant in a trial after a secret affair; Secret Service agents ending their careers in disgrace over dalliances with prostitutes in Colombia, all join that long procession of men who managed to self-destruct, pulling a pin on the grenade of their careers and perhaps their personal lives for the sake of a little fun.

The pageant of legacy-killing misjudgment includes a president, several might-have-been presidents, a few governors, a World Bank director, a former Dutch prime minister, an Israeli president and one of the top golfers of all time. And that is only a partial list.

How to explain it?

The question has baffled women, mostly, since biblical times.

Perhaps the Secret Service agents thought their behavior, if discovered, would raise no eyebrows. But the stupidity was in evidence when one of the agents, who had earlier "protected" Sarah Palin, posted on Facebook that he was "checking her out." Sounds like the claim of a 13-year-old boy. And the decision to post the comment displays the common sense of an 8-year-old.

But that level of maturity and judgment shines compared to the decision of, say President BillClinton, who risked his presidency to have an affair with Monica Lewinsky, and then lied about it repeatedly.

A brilliant man, everyone said about the president, but also one of only two presidents in American history impeached.

The Clinton experience almost numbed us to the epidemic scale of the problem. Over and over we hear stories that defy belief.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billlockyer; genderwars; men; nadialockyer; psychology
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To: nickcarraway

Stupid? I don’t know any men who envy women or ever wish they were one.

http://www.enginesofmischief.com/makers/evan/sigs/guygood.html


61 posted on 04/29/2012 7:53:00 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: nickcarraway

62 posted on 04/29/2012 7:56:36 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: nickcarraway

Alexander Hamilton comes to mind. He could have been a president but he blew it by getting involved with a much younger, married woman. And Mr. Hamilton was considered an extremely brilliant man by all.

I’ve never understood why men are so governed by their gonads.


63 posted on 04/29/2012 7:58:48 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: nickcarraway
I don't if we're stupids. We're just dicks. Literally.

The smart ones though know when to back off and not give into our other head's temptation. For example, not cheating on our long term girlfriend, not sleeping with employees or married women or underage or the 2am crowd, etc.

64 posted on 04/29/2012 8:05:43 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (The Republican Party is bigger than the presidency.)
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To: Red Steel

Which would explain its stupidity.

65 posted on 04/29/2012 8:07:41 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: Darren McCarty

Actually, the smart ones are those who know how to get away with the sins you list. My opinion.


66 posted on 04/29/2012 8:08:36 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: nickcarraway

Why yes. Yes we are.


67 posted on 04/29/2012 8:10:25 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Vince Ferrer
That reminds me of this quote from a movie.

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

Tony Montana aka Al Pacino - Scarface.

68 posted on 04/29/2012 8:17:02 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (The Republican Party is bigger than the presidency.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yep, dumb as dirt, according to the women in the family.


69 posted on 04/29/2012 8:18:30 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kevlar. I get your point though.


70 posted on 04/29/2012 8:26:15 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: nickcarraway
Ain't I the stupidest of'em all.
71 posted on 04/29/2012 8:27:36 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Amberdawn

http://www.fredoneverything.net/AlbinosUnite.shtml


72 posted on 04/29/2012 8:58:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: dorothy
All invented by women, the nav system by actress Hedy Lamar.

Actually, Lamar worked with a male co-inventor for her patent of frequency hopping, and it likely originated with her first husband who was Austrian arm manufacturer before WW2.

73 posted on 04/29/2012 9:07:25 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

“it likely” = the idea had its origins....


74 posted on 04/29/2012 9:10:17 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: B4Ranch
Life is supposed to be like your penis -—simple, relaxed and hanging freely.

It’s the women who make it hard.

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Don't blame it on women!

75 posted on 04/29/2012 9:10:51 PM PDT by dragonblustar (PETA. President Eating Tasty Animals)
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To: dorothy
All invented by women, the nav system by actress Hedy Lamar.

"That's Hedley!"

76 posted on 04/29/2012 9:11:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Feckless
It's simple fluid dynamics. <<

lol...Yup!...as a dear departed friend used to say about WOMEN!
Its all about Fluid dynamics.....They're either crying...pissing or bleeding

77 posted on 04/29/2012 9:24:55 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: Vince Ferrer
Easy answer. From an early age the one overriding question on men's mind is how to score with women. For many of us, becoming rich and/or powerful is one of those ways to get women. Many men don't go into politics for any goal to accomplish other than to become powerful and be able to pick up chicks.

In other words, men are stupid.

78 posted on 04/29/2012 10:21:44 PM PDT by Isabel C.
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To: nickcarraway

It’s a story as old as humanity: When Mr. P*nis stands up, Mr. Brain sits down.


79 posted on 04/29/2012 10:40:50 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: woofie

Did you go the distance or was there a KO?


80 posted on 04/29/2012 10:46:10 PM PDT by Erasmus (BHO: New supreme leader of the homey rollin' empire.)
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