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December 10, 2004

A Point* « Humor »

I have several sisters, and several good friends who are female, and one thing I've learned is that self-esteem is very important to women. In fact, I've heard several times that one thing that motives women is the desire to feel attractive, pretty, and even sexy. It's been said that a man will sleep with a woman if he thinks she's gorgeous, and a woman will sleep with a man if he thinks she's gorgeous...

I'm coming to understand that sometimes a woman will stay with a real jerk only because she lacks the self-confidence to leave him, perhaps fearing she'll always be alone or no one else will ever want her.

With that in mind, I've decided that I will no longer try to stop undressing a woman with my eyes or looking down her shirt. After all, that may just be the little jolt of self-confidence she needs to leave a real jerk.

I know what you're thinking: Nathan, how can you be so tough on yourself? But if I can just do this one small thing to make someone's life better, I guess I'm willing to sacrifice.

Yeah, I got nothing worthwhile to post this morning.

*A not serious point, to be sure.

Posted by Nathan at 08:31 AM | Comments (6)
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ROFL! Best.Rationalization.Ever. Really. :)

Posted by: Deb at December 10, 2004 01:14 PM

Just keep in mind why women enjoy ballet so much.

Posted by: Rachel Ann at December 11, 2004 08:57 AM

You know, a woman who's self-confidence would be boosted by THAT, is a woman who would only leave a jerk for another at least as jerky -- or was that the hope?
"Nuking men today, to bring about a better tomorrow" -- that's my contribution to society ;)

Posted by: Jane at December 11, 2004 03:41 PM

I understand, Jane. Feeling attractive is quite a bit different from feeling like an attractive object. The important thing for a woman is to be found attractive by someone whose opiniong the woman values, not from a random stranger.

Perhaps it was a bad joke, considering my actual values.

Posted by: Nathan at December 11, 2004 04:10 PM

You know, Nathan, knowing your actual values, it was surprising to read that you hadn't yet decided to stop looking down a woman's shirt or undressing her.

It's one thing to acknowledge and appreciate beauty, it's another to bait it. A good lure may catch a beautiful fish, but it takes a strong fisherman to reel it in without destroying it.

I never trust a man whom I catch purposely trying to get a glimpse, and I definitely don't trust one who is taking figurative liberties with my clothing.

I will take into consideration you current state of, ummm, well, "lack of" is probably more accurate and remember it can cause a man to "look" far more than he might were he not in need and not allow myself to be offended ;)

Posted by: Rae at December 12, 2004 12:33 AM

...but "a joke" it was. I thought putting it in the humor category would indicate clearly this wasn't really me at all.

Perhaps a serious post about all this is in order. I'll try to get to it soon.

Posted by: Nathan at December 12, 2004 07:35 AM
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