I got a good batch of e-mails too from that thread yesterday on Ally McBeal. Mostly I heard from angry and bitter men (a nation of Jon Bon Jovis, if you will …I have no idea the name of the character he played on the show and am way too lazy too look it up). This is somewhat representative:

1. Having worked in Los Angeles for five years, then in the SF Bay area for another five years, yes, Ally McBeal clones are out there. They’re not the majority of single women, but they’re easily 40% — and climbing. 2. These sorts of women don’t find any men because, well, they’re so self-obsessed that they don’t notice how men view them. At best, they’re seen as a quick flip in the sack, sans commitment of any kind. Why? Well, men aren’t stupid, despite near-constant whinging to the contrary by women. Men look at some of these women and say “Let’s see: she expects me to earn more than she does, be her knight in shining armor, do the cooking, the cleaning, dress in bespoke suits and tuxes to go anywhere, listen to her constant, endless bellyaching about every little damn thing like one of her girlfriends and if I should marry her, when she gets into some midlife funk, she’s going to sue for divorce and take half of my life’s work and any kids we have.” The male mind then turns the gears for a little while, netting this out on the bottom line of life: “Nope. No sale.” What these women don’t (and won’t) get is that they’ve sowed what they are now reaping. They might look quite fine, have a nice job with a fat paycheck, but men aren’t completely driven by sex when it comes to selecting a woman to marry. Todays prototypical urban woman has stunning good looks combined with a lack of inner strength, values and character. This combination yields a sex doll, not a wife.