http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/...tid=pm_pop
I feel sad for the women of DC. The odds are stacked against them.
I feel sad for the women of DC. The odds are stacked against them.
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The fishermen descend almost before we even make it through the door of the rattletrap bar. They beg us for a game of pool, conversation, anything. The bearded guys hunched over their beers rivet their eyes on us. There’s a guitarist at the open mike who, as soon as he spots Annie, stops strumming and says, “I’m dedicating this song to you.”
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Earlier that month, we — two harried Washington Post reporters — had been sitting in the newsroom cafeteria with a colleague, lamenting the state of our love lives. One of us was recovering from an on-again, off-again relationship that had finally finished its death spiral; the other was nursing a broken heart and in the meantime had taken up with a thrice-divorced playboy nicknamed Gator.
Winter had found us single again, and we were feeling as if we had lost our mojo. Never mind that we each had our own issues: too much wanderlust, a habit of falling in love with the wrong men. We launched into a debate familiar to single women over 22 in the greater Washington area: Is it us? Or is it D.C.?
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“They’re more genuine, earnest, real, down-to-earth,” says Libby Casey, a Washington journalist in her 30s who spent 10 years in Fairbanks. “In Alaska, men value women differently: If you can wield a chain saw, if you can buck wood, if you can catch a fish. A guy’s not going to date you because you look cute; a guy’s going to date you because you have skills.”
Quote: (06-28-2012 02:05 AM)assman Wrote:
OK, those of us not in DC need some clarification.
“If you’re out at a bar and a party, it seems like it’s two-thirds women to one-third men,” says Katie Gill, who spent two years blogging about dating life in the nation’s capital. “People are always asking me: Where do you go to meet men?”
To me, the ratio of single men to women in Washington is a bummer. I often end up at parties with large crowds of single women, married couples and gay men. One recent night at Lincoln, the supposedly hip new restaurant near our office, the bar was crammed with chicks from end to end.
This is in stark contrast to Roosh's red dot/blue dot photos of DC cockfests. So which is right? Or is it an issue of venues - bars vs private parties and trendy restaurants?
Quote: (06-28-2012 03:11 AM)Hooligan Harry Wrote:
Well 80% of the men are invisible to them and their long laundry lists dude
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“In Alaska, men value women differently: If you can wield a chain saw, if you can buck wood, if you can catch a fish. A guy’s not going to date you because you look cute; a guy’s going to date you because you have skills.”
And all the waxing, styling and primping Washington women do? Not necessary in the 49th state.
“I won hairy-leg contests in Alaska, and guys thought it was awesome,” Casey says.
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To me, the ratio of single men to women in Washington is a bummer. I often end up at parties with large crowds of single women, married couples and gay men.
Quote: (06-28-2012 03:11 AM)Hooligan Harry Wrote:
80% of the men are invisible to them and their long laundry lists
Quote: (06-28-2012 07:09 AM)Roosh Wrote:I think we are onto something here! A purely physical comparison is unfair, because men seek beauty, while women seek alpha. By comparison, smart, sassy, accomplished (and ugly) D.C. women date underachieving men. Maybe the situation is bad on both sides. D.C. has career-oriented women who do not prioritize looks or femininity, and cubicle-nerd men in low-paying government jobs.
I tell [complainers about] beautiful girls dating ugly dudes in a lot of countries.
Quote: (06-28-2012 02:05 AM)assman Wrote:
OK, those of us not in DC need some clarification.
“If you’re out at a bar and a party, it seems like it’s two-thirds women to one-third men,” says Katie Gill, who spent two years blogging about dating life in the nation’s capital. “People are always asking me: Where do you go to meet men?”
To me, the ratio of single men to women in Washington is a bummer. I often end up at parties with large crowds of single women, married couples and gay men. One recent night at Lincoln, the supposedly hip new restaurant near our office, the bar was crammed with chicks from end to end.
This is in stark contrast to Roosh's red dot/blue dot photos of DC cockfests. So which is right? Or is it an issue of venues - bars vs private parties and trendy restaurants?
Quote: (06-28-2012 07:09 AM)Roosh Wrote:
My sister used to complain about DC men. I told her if she can't find a man in DC, she won't find a man anywhere else in the world. I tell her stories of beautiful girls dating ugly dudes in a lot of countries I go to.
She hasn't complained in a while.
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Quote: (06-28-2012 07:09 AM)Roosh Wrote:
My sister used to complain about DC men. I told her if she can't find a man in DC, she won't find a man anywhere else in the world. I tell her stories of beautiful girls dating ugly dudes in a lot of countries I go to.
She hasn't complained in a while.
Whenever a girl says that she can't find good men or says, "where are all the good men?" it basically means that she's been on a handful of dates with some uninteresting, beta-ass dudes. Her fantasy of a rich model who has a fancy executive job (with the corresponding salary) on the one hand, but chops down trees and throws discus in his spare time, hasn't interrupted her day randomly and swept her off her feet yet. Chicks want to find a good man with the slightest of effort--just for showing up.
This is a basic failure to understand just how much more work we do to find so-called "good girls." Bitches want shit handed to them, including the best men.
Your sister was drinking the Kool-Aid being dispensed by other girls (especially of the DC variety). I'm glad you stomped that down. You did her a huge favor in the long run.
Quote: (06-28-2012 07:09 AM)Roosh Wrote:
My sister used to complain about DC men. I told her if she can't find a man in DC, she won't find a man anywhere else in the world. I tell her stories of beautiful girls dating ugly dudes in a lot of countries I go to.
She hasn't complained in a while.
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In the District, there are 89.5 men for every 100 women, fewer than in any of the 50 states