ON MARRYING ARGUMENTATIVE FEMINISTS

On Marrying Argumentative Feminists

Why Men Aren't That Eager To Marry Argumentative Feminists

Maureen Dowd is a columnist for the New York Times. I was not familiar with her. Then I read that she had complained that men did not want to date intelligent women. The author alleged that Dowd's complaint was a personal complaint. Skeptical and curious, I decided to check her out and read some of her columns.

Thereafter, I found these observations interesting:

"Dowd's columns are distinguished by an acerbic, often polemical writing style.[10] Her columns often display a critical and irreverent attitude towards powerful figures such as former President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and Pope Benedict XVI.[citation needed] Dowd sometimes refers to Bush as "W.", and former Vice President Dick Cheney as "Big Time."[11] She has called President George H. W. Bush, whom she covered as Times White House Correspondent, "41";[12][unreliable source?] she also frequently refers to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as "I'm-a-Dinner-Jacket." (Emphasis added)

"Wall Street Journal said: "And then we're off down the rabbit hole, twisting and turning from subject to subject as the author wonders why Americans prefer their news anchors tall, white and male, why men aren't that eager to marry argumentative feminists, and why herds of women now inject themselves with skin-plumping bovine collagen. These are all good questions. It's a pity that Ms. Dowd never stops scrabbling long enough to answer them."[8]" (Emphasis added)"

Film critic David Denby devotes an entire chapter to Dowd in his 2009 book Snark, and identifies her as one of the foremost practitioners of "snark" (sarcasm, snide remarks). He writes: "[S]he has not - as far as I can tell - a single political idea in her head. Not one...She writes as if personality, appearance, and attitude were the only things that mattered. For her, politics is a stupid, despair-inducing entertainment, a tale told by an idiot signifying vanity. Despite all her larks and inventions, she's essentially sour and without hope."[26] " Emphasis added)
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Dowd remains unmarried. And at age 57, she has lost her bloom.

Why is she "essentially sour and without hope" (David Denby, supra)? Is it because men find her too intelligent? I certainly doubt that claim. Then it hit me. The answer was in Proverbs!

Men avoided Dowd, not because of her intelligence, but because she is a bitter woman!

Men remember the wisdom of Proverbs 21:19:

"It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman." http://bible.cc.../

Dowd does not!