Nor when we raise a couple of generations of young women so ungratefully narcississtic that such advice would find an audience.
Worldly cynicism doesn't recognize gender boundaries, and all of us are the poorer for it.
Well said! Some people are quick to scoff at this kind of cynisism and put down the cynic for how he views the world. What they don't take into account is that the fathers put through this system were not always cynical. Most were not always cynical. I should know, I am one. People like me aren't born cynical....we're made that way by the industry and it's patrons....and they make more of us everyday.
On a lighter note, maybe I should start my own movement. I'll call it "The New Cynicism." The new cynics will point out that we are not bitterly paranoid, as some call us. Paranoia is the irrational fear that the world is out to get you. the new cynicism will be based on the foundation that the world IS out to get us, but we've accepted that and, as any 12-step program will tell you, acceptance IS the key! Okay, I'll stop now. I just wanted to show the board that not all cynics are bitter and humorless ;)