orgy of romance novels and movies-of-the-week in which the heroine
discovers that the rich, handsome bastard is in reality a nice guy after all, only tragically
misunderstood by women not as worthy of him as she is; and even though she might not
be as glamorous as the rest of his paramours, he's been tortured by a secret crush on her,
but has been afraid to proclaim his love because all along he's been intimidated by her
intelligence. She truly believes that such fairy tales come true in the real world; in her
heart of hearts she imagines herself a latter -day Cinderella, patiently waiting for Prince
Charming to come riding up on his white steed to sweep her off her feet in a gush of
romantic ecstasy. So she passively marks time, spending her weekends alone, or going
out to dinner with her girlfriends, convinced that her true love will find her without any
effort at all on her part.
Unfortunately, because of the depression she's been suffering over the string of "losers"
who have been asking her for dates, she's been stuffing herself on an eating binge, and
the only man who comes knocking on her door is delivering a pizza, and he certainly
couldn't earn enough money to qualify him as a suitor. Yet she, too, will profess to her
friends that what's important is to fi nd a man who will love her for herself.
But when too many birthdays fly by and her magi cal thinking begins to grow stale, and
her delusions fail to materialize, she will finally "settle" for an average guy with a decent
job and a not-too-shabby roof over his head. But inside, she's seething with jealousy. One
of her girlfriends married a dentist, and anot her just got engaged to a man from a rich
family. Why is she cursed with such bad luck with men? For what possible reason should
she have to miss out on the good things in life? It would take far too much effort on her
part to go back to school or tr ain herself for a more lucrative career. Money is to be taken,
not earned.
So she has plans for her poor husband. Soon afte r their marriage, she begins to wield her
sexual tool like a club, hounding the bewildered sucker into greater earning power. She
doesn't pout, like Lucy Ricardo, brattily crying and stamping her foot when Ricky says he
can't afford to buy her a fur coat; and w ithholding sex is too benign a weapon. Instead,
she attacks his male ego, shaming him, belittling him, flogging him remorselessly to find
a higher-paying job. jabbing an accusatory talon at him, she snivels that he's not a "real
man" unless he finds the means to support her in style. He is a "loser". He has "ruined her
life". Going home for him has become a livi ng, sexless hell. What happened to the "nice
girl" he married, who swore that all she ev er wanted from a man was respect? Love,
which had never really been an issue in the first place, has fled in disgust.
And when he straggles home after his ne w 60- or 70-hour work week, does she offer
sympathy, or do they talk about their plans fo r a lifetime of shared happiness? No. She
complains that he's working too much, not paying enough attention to her. And he's still
not making enough money. She's tired of working and wants to quit her job so that she
can go shopping in the afternoons with her girlfriends who married successful men. She
lives in a world of invisibl e self preoccupation. To her a man is a workhorse, a slave
worthy only of exploitation.
In her dreams, she's still having visions of the rich handsome prince who will carry her
off to his enchanted castle. After all, it's onl y what she deserves-it's the price tag on her
vagina. And if by some remarkable chance such a man did happen to ride along, she
would divorce her poor serf husba nd in the time it took her to climb up into the saddle.
MATING BEHAVIOR
Studies of animal populations point out that females prefer to mate with high-status,
dominant males-that is, the males who are th e biggest, strongest, or most aggressive.
Women interpret such data as justification to seek out wealthy men. But human beings
are not herd animals driven by instinct alone. Nor in the western world are men permitted
to keep great harems of females. Physic al strength and aggressiveness at defending
territory are no longer ne cessary to protect a mate or disc ourage rival suitors-any

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