Double Standards at Their Best

I am coming to you from within a fog - somewhere between depression and indifference...if there exists such a place. I therefore am taking this opportunity to warn you about the absolute anger of this post...

To my own detriment, I often have conversations with my male friends about the females that they're seeing ::ahem:: a.k.a. dismantling their self-esteem through small, deliberate action. After hearing them demean these women through objectification, a discernible paranoia washes over me. I realize that, just as they are speaking about these women, the men who I see/have seen probably refer to me in the same manner. "Yea, dude. She's not going anywhere, I don't even have to try." Wow. Really?

One classic example of this is the double standard that has been haunting the dating scene since the beginning of time - sex on the first date. While speaking to a male (who shall remain nameless for fear that his name will become an expletive) about his first date he said, "Yea, we had sex. It's no good, you know? When it's that easy...there's nothing to work toward. You get bored." To which, in true jaded fashion, I replied, "You realize how incredibly hypocritical that is, right?" You pushed for the sex, she was attracted enough to you to go for it (lucky you) and now she's a slut who gives it up too easily? This is absolutley (and excuse my language here) fucking ridiculous.

Because men are, at best, primitive, animal-like beings, they live for the chase. They want to hunt for their food and when the prey becomes too easy to obtain, they lose interest. It truly is a wonder men's knuckles don't continue to drag the ground as they blunder through New York City looking for their next meal.

I really do hate to be the first to break it to them (and I say this with full confidence knowing the absolutely ignorance and stupidity of the male race) but women oftentimes want sex just as much as you do. Therefore, if the mood strikes, whether it be on a first or a tenth date, we will probably go for it if we like you. Granted, it will most likely be a HUGE disappointment as you attempt to find the clitoris, but nonetheless, it'll satiate about 25% of the desire we do have for your minimal, disappointing efforts.

This double-standard is something that is most likely propagated by the 50s male mentality - you want a homemaker; a woman who is willing to raise your mediocre children - and a chick who gives it up on the first date is not the ideal candidate for such a lifestyle. If this is the case, and the theory holds true, then by god I think every woman should have sex on the first date to save herself from the depressing, unexciting life of being a housewife...

Or, we should make men wait until they're chafing so badly they want nothing more than for a girl to give it up on the first date...the choice is yours I suppose.

I warned you this one would be ugly...