No Dating Until 30

It’s painful to watch people make one mistake after another. Today, many parents are finally figuring out that “dating” is a dysfunctional mess. The solution: “No Dating Until You Are 30.” The correct solution is Courtship, which you can read about in any Jane Austen novel. Basically, a woman is “presented to society” around AgeContinue reading “No Dating Until 30”

Dating Is Worse Than Prostitution

“Dating” appeared around the late 19th century, as young women left the home to work in cities. Young men were going to cities to work, and there was nobody for young women in rural farming towns. All of this was nicely chronicled in Labor of Love (2016), by Moira Weigel. Before 1900, any young womanContinue reading “Dating Is Worse Than Prostitution”

Women Want Fried Ice

We have been collecting some of the marriage and family writings from Jim’s Blog here. One of the interesting points here is that a woman wants a man that possesses her completely (and thus punishes transgressions to monogamy), because those are the only conditions under which a man will invest his time, money and attentionContinue reading “Women Want Fried Ice”

Fractured Fairy Tales

This item, from the Institute for Family Studies, reminds us why girls these days are so horrible. *** In the opening scene of Disney’s Shrek (2001), the ogre uses an illustrated fairy tale page as toilet paper, flagrantly signaling the film’s intent to subvert traditional fairy tales. Among the many fairy tale patterns that areContinue reading “Fractured Fairy Tales”