When a woman is merely a woman-when she winds herself round and round men’s hearts with her smiles and sobs and services and caressing endearments-then she is happy. Of what use to her are learning and great achievements? A description of marriage and family life in India, from the ancient era to the early 20thContinue reading “Marriage and Family in India”
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Men In College
There’s a lot of wheezing these days that men are underrepresented in universities. Time to man up! But, actually, the percentage of men completing bachelor’s degrees is the highest ever. Probably, this is way too high. Many of these men would probably be better off with more of a vocational training. The lower 50% ofContinue reading “Men In College”
Susanna Hoffs
Today, as we marvel at whatever Madonna has become, we will give a thumbs up to 1980s rock babe Susanna Hoffs, who is now 64. She has been married to the same guy for nearly 30 years, and has two children. Unlike Paulina Porizkova, who is apparently playing on Expert Mode without plastic surgery, makeup,Continue reading “Susanna Hoffs”
Political Action
Today, we have our periodic exhortation for men to become politically active. This means: Take some kind of action that can lead to changes in the legal framework surrounding marriage and other male/female interactions (“sexual harrassment,” “sexual assault,” “domestic violence,” etc.) No woman is going to do this, so complaining to women won’t work. ThisContinue reading “Political Action”
Wills and Prenups
An interesting comparison was made between prenuptial agreements — or maybe we should just call them Nuptial Agreements — and Wills. If a person dies without a Will, then there is a standard government procedure to dispose of their assets. This is not good at all, which is why anyone with anything should have aContinue reading “Wills and Prenups”
Marriage and DV Laws
Here’s “Pearly” reacting to a video describing the sickening details of some marriage, divorce and domestic violence laws. Actually there is not much reacting going on, so just watch the video. This is bad, obviously, and equally obviously, engineered by those who want to destroy the institution of marriage. Although this came about from “feminism,”Continue reading “Marriage and DV Laws”
A Brief History of Courtship and Dating
Here is a nice item on “courtship” and “dating,” via Lori Alexander: A Brief History of Courtship and Dating in America, Part 1, by Skip Burzumato A Brief History of Courtship and Dating in America, Part 2, by Skip Burzumato This is pretty good, but it is from 2007. And also, it is somewhat inContinue reading “A Brief History of Courtship and Dating”