Book review originally posted June 2004 With thanks to Guthrum, oddly enough, who showed me loving horror didn’t mean you were one. ;-) King has…
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Originally written December 2003: more of a grumble than usual… As you probably don’t know, by profession I am a web site designer. I take…
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Originally written in the late 1990’s for a “Popular Culture” Anthropology class. In her book Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature, Janice A.…
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Continuing from yesterday… Kakou Korakos I certainly agree with you that women are often societally trained to be too passive. Myself, I believe the answer…
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Continuing from yesterday… Replies Erin (Brace yourself, Erin: I’m going to gush a little. *coughcough* Ahem. ;) ) Thank goodness for folks like you, who…
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Continuing from yesterday… “Whatcha gonna do / When they come for you?” So why exactly does a bad boy seem to “get” more women? Leaving…
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I was going to simply reply to the comments I received concerning the Firestarter titled Why Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad…
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Read part I and part II of this article So no, I don’t think women like assholes better. I think it’s more they believe they…
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Read parts I and III of this article Our hypothetical young female will probably deeply internalize just how much she sucks. No one could possibly…
Continue ReadingWhy Do We Ask Why Women Seem to Prefer Bad Boys to Nice Guys? part I
Originally posted November 2003 Thanks for article inspiration to Jonathan, who pointed me to an LJ which made me initially start thinking about this. Thanks…
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