Where am I supposed to meet gals these days?

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by GoSurface

Sorry, that was a bad Spitzer joke. Like, real bad.

So where does one meet boys these days?

 

[Go Surface]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

So where does one meet boys these days?
One does not meet boys these days, instead, one sulks at home, with his vices. Maybe I'll meet someone when I'm in NY next week. Have a 4 hour romance, and come home.

 

[Miguel Antonio]

GoSurface said:

Sorry, that was a bad Spitzer joke. Like, real bad.

That's nice to know. I tought you were angry with me, for my "denigration" of women. I find it difficult to understand this type of jokes.

 

[lost in va]

A meetings

 

[pstoller]

Originally Posted by hi-val

You can interpret this a billion ways. Having participated in plenty of seminars on Aristotle, I have seen most of them. For example, Aristotle could be saying that women reach emotional maturity at 18, while it takes men 20 more years to reach the maturity of an 18 year old girl. Or he could be commenting on Greek society, where a man needed time to develop social standing before he wed. He could be talking about social customs.

If you think men should marry later in life and women earlier with an elbow nudge to the ribs, I wouldn't go around twisting Aristotle's words because they can just as easily backfire. If you're strong in that belief, you don't need a single-line quote from Aristotle to back it up.

Originally Posted by Miguel Antonio

That's correct. However knowing Aristotle's opinion on the subject is a good thing.

Perhaps. However, while one certainly can interpret Aristotle's isolated comment any number of ways, he's pretty much on record (see Politics) as being a misogynist, and a bigot for good measure. Knowing Aristotle's general opinion on the relationships between women and men is a good thing if one is going to quote him as an authority on the subject.

 

[Miguel Antonio]

Renault78law said:
good to have you back.

Thank you. It's a pleasure to see you again.

 

[Miguel Antonio]

pstoller said:

Perhaps. However, while one certainly can interpret Aristotle's isolated comment any number of ways, he's pretty much on record (see Politics) as being a misogynist, and a bigot for good measure. Knowing Aristotle's general opinion on the relationships between women and men is a good thing if one is going to quote him as an authority on the subject.

True. Misogynistic attitudes are a thing of the past (or should be). We are living in the XXI century.

 

[WestIndianArchie]

Women are everywhere.

Finding what you physically want is easy.

The general socio-economic status (SES) things - upbringing, religion, education, income, profession is also easy.

Finding an attractive girl with the right SES that 1) you like and 2) likes you back is the million dollar question.

 

[life_interrupts]

Originally Posted by Miguel Antonio

So you think Aristotle's wrong?. Please clarify. "The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men." Aristotle
And I understood your point and Aristotle's point just fine, it's just not realistic or practical, which was my point. At a time when the average person was married early (like before 20) and barely lived past the age of 40, it might make some sense, but not today.