Friday, May 29, 2009  Which Island Would You Chose?        What
makes the difference between mere survival and happiness?
Trumwill said...  I don't agree that marriage and children is
comparable to food as a need. Being loved is, but love can come
from a number of directions.  Where the analogy really breaks
down for me, though, is that a good deal of what I have read
about those "concerned" about the have-nots are (a) have limited
concern for have-nots that are not male and (b) rather than
blaming the haves, they mostly blame women.  There seems to be
an assumption that (a) women are not have-nots or (b) they,
unlike have-not men, are responsible for their own unhappiness.
Very little emphasis is placed on male culpability. Suggesting
that "men are too accommodating" doesn't count, nor does blaming
a token 5% of alpha men and 90% of women.  Novastar even comes
out for (a), suggesting (by the lack of a qualifier) that the
winners are all women and few men. This would be news to a lot
of women. Ahhh, but th