Maybe America isn't so different
I think women worldwide desire money and security. What sets a lot of American women apart is that they have such greater independence here and sexual politics in the workplace that approach affirmative action.
And maybe in some areas, this is accompanied by a Puritanical frigidness.
I think a lot of women, regardless of ethnicity, reach a certain age and try to be born again virgins. And I'm amazed by how some women, no matter how far they've let themselves go, expect guys do anything for a piece.
I think women are horrified by prostitution mainly because they view sex workers as union busters.
Affirmative action and BEYOND in USA
[QUOTE=Vaquero]I think women worldwide desire money and security. What sets a lot of American women apart is that they have such greater independence here and sexual politics in the workplace that approach affirmative action.[/QUOTE] [I]Approach[/I] affirmative action? They [I]are[/I] affirmative action, plus "political correctness, " hypersensitive touchstones of conduct, and frankly they approach "Thought Police" sanctions and control. Or maybe my FedGov career put me into the hottest part of that crucible.
[quote]I think a lot of women, regardless of ethnicity, reach a certain age and try to be born again virgins. And I'm amazed by how some women, no matter how far they've let themselves go, expect guys do anything for a piece.[/QUOTE] Are you sure you didn't mean "amazed by how [I]many[/I] women"?
[quote]I think women are horrified by prostitution mainly because they view sex workers as union busters.[/QUOTE] Especially those women who have let themselves go. Bad enough their henpecked hubbies have that despised condition known as "wandering-eye syndrome; " if he could "rent" Miss Young & Yummy's "favors" for money he "should be spending on ME, " just imagine the rage!
As I look back over the Sixties and Seventies, and interpolate beyond my experience by looking at social history, I reach the conclusion that women's rage against men has been very thoroughly, very carefully inculcated into the fabric of American society. Just as "taking care of the family" is an inseparable part of Asian society, or the headscarf or even the burqa are the cultural norm of Southwest Asia.
The danger, and I count it a danger, for the American Man is that the society, the courts, the workplace, the media are all ganged up on the side of the American Woman. She's got the power, and she loves it. She sets the tune, she sets the pace, and if you want to dance you've got to please her. If you [I]displease[/I] her, she can treat you as an unruly insect. Crawl or be crushed.
A little of that $#! + has been enough for me. I don't want to dance that dance. Take me where the different drummer plays a sweet samba.