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This isn't a sexual question, but more of a commentary (hopeful for input) on the state of romance in our society today. Irionic that I'm asking on a message board dedicated to penis size, but ahh well.
I'm one of those women who believes in romance and feels that chivalry and the art of "being a gentleman" is truly a dwindling thing. Sadly, I feel that women (generally speaking) are to blame: too much nagging, too much whining, too much bra-burning. (Sorry ladies, I love my lingerie!) Have women turned men into belching, x-box addicted pussies?
I know I'm speaking on stereotypes. After all, you can't watch television w/o seeing a commercial with a typical "husband" (usually resembling "Yes, Dear" actors) who have utterly hot wives with perfect bodies. The woman is nagging him about something and he's lounging on the couch stuffing his face with pizza or drinking beer oogling a beer-bikini model on television. I know not all men are like this, but it certainly doesn't help when kids grow up thinking that's what men and women are supposed to be.
I'm a closet Jane Austen fan. Yeah, go on with the teasing. I've no intention of changing. I love the romance, the chivalry, the stifled passion and the purity of it all: learning to love at first sight and longing for those bells and whistles. In a day where we have cell phones, text messaging, online dating services, sex on the first date . . . perhaps there is no room for this kind of thinking: that romance will indeed survive without being dumbed down by today's media.
Hmm, perhaps I'm simply being too philosophical tonight, or hopeless. Either way....
Thoughts? Are men too intimidated to go the romantic route? Afraid a woman will get offended if he behaves in a gentleman(ly) manner? This is 2005: I'm not expecting a man to dash across the countryside on horseback or to partake in a duel to the death to defend my honor. But, a little chilvary goes a long way. Why is it such a rarity?
Inquiring Minds want to know.
lulu
I'm one of those women who believes in romance and feels that chivalry and the art of "being a gentleman" is truly a dwindling thing. Sadly, I feel that women (generally speaking) are to blame: too much nagging, too much whining, too much bra-burning. (Sorry ladies, I love my lingerie!) Have women turned men into belching, x-box addicted pussies?
I know I'm speaking on stereotypes. After all, you can't watch television w/o seeing a commercial with a typical "husband" (usually resembling "Yes, Dear" actors) who have utterly hot wives with perfect bodies. The woman is nagging him about something and he's lounging on the couch stuffing his face with pizza or drinking beer oogling a beer-bikini model on television. I know not all men are like this, but it certainly doesn't help when kids grow up thinking that's what men and women are supposed to be.
I'm a closet Jane Austen fan. Yeah, go on with the teasing. I've no intention of changing. I love the romance, the chivalry, the stifled passion and the purity of it all: learning to love at first sight and longing for those bells and whistles. In a day where we have cell phones, text messaging, online dating services, sex on the first date . . . perhaps there is no room for this kind of thinking: that romance will indeed survive without being dumbed down by today's media.
Hmm, perhaps I'm simply being too philosophical tonight, or hopeless. Either way....
Thoughts? Are men too intimidated to go the romantic route? Afraid a woman will get offended if he behaves in a gentleman(ly) manner? This is 2005: I'm not expecting a man to dash across the countryside on horseback or to partake in a duel to the death to defend my honor. But, a little chilvary goes a long way. Why is it such a rarity?
Inquiring Minds want to know.
lulu