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CNN: Are Men Stupid?
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ghostrider



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:36 am    Post subject: CNN: Are Men Stupid? Reply with quote

"(CNN) -- Are men stupid? How else can we explain the endless parade of otherwise successful individuals, who by all appearances seem intelligent and competent, and yet risk destroying their careers and their personal lives over the chance to have a sexual escapade?....

"But I believe the common denominator, the proximate cause of the irrational behavior, is arrogance; the belief by some powerful men that they can get away with it. That the world is still their unchallenged domain, as it was years ago, when few people knew about a president bringing women to the White House to have sex, as John F. Kennedy did, or pressuring his secretary to yield to sexual advances, as was common. It is willful ignorance that the world has changed....

"That we're finding out about these men, and that their political careers are in many cases ending, is a sign that society is changing. That it continues to happen, to seemingly intelligent, disciplined individuals, is a sign that the process will be slow. And that, in the final analysis, if it has to do with sex, some men really are stupid."
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/23/opinion/ghitis-men-stupid/index.html

Throughout hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution, "stupid" men had the greatest chance of passing on their genes to the next generation. You can't change that overnight.
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fermentation



Joined: 22 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As if I didn't need a reason to disregard CNN already.
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The Sultan of Seoul



Joined: 17 Apr 2012
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stupid is relative.

In one perspective JFK held the most powerful office in the world and passed on his genes to a miriad of beautiful women.

yah, what an idiot... erm... wait a mi..
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crisdean



Joined: 04 Feb 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Sultan of Seoul wrote:
Stupid is relative.

In one perspective JFK held the most powerful office in the world and passed on his genes to a miriad of beautiful women.

yah, what an idiot... erm... wait a mi..


your right stupid is relative.
personally I'd be more inclined to refer to the women spreading their legs for these married men as the stupid ones.
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Italy37612



Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^ Takes two to tango.
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The Cosmic Hum



Joined: 09 May 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Articles like that are written by idiots.

Everyone already knows that 'stupid' people breed...and apparently quite well given the world's population.

Sexual activity functions on it's own agenda and supersedes 'intelligent' thought.
Of course there are those who will disagree and argue to their death that they control their sexual impulses with great clarity.
Those are people who most likely were not going to get laid regardless of said control.

People who are out 'fooling around' are doing it because they can. Period.

People who aren't out 'fooling around'... aren't because...for the most part...well...you guessed it...they can't...or at least not without paying for it.

Yes...there are exceptions.

The only real 'intelligence' demonstrated by promiscuous fornicators are the ones who can and do...but smart enough not to get caught...both women and men.
...but most of this 'not getting caught' is highly linked to luck and/or the other side not caring.
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Steelrails



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They got it wrong. Women are stupid. Men are dumb.
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Dave Chance



Joined: 30 May 2011

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At a certain point, if you don't start to be selective and pair up with people you're really into (beyond a surface level), you begin to feel both dumb and stupid.
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Mix1



Joined: 08 May 2007

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Cosmic Hum wrote:

Of course there are those who will disagree and argue to their death that they control their sexual impulses with great clarity.
Those are people who most likely were not going to get laid regardless of said control.

Like the author, who is of course a woman, and not an attractive one. It's easy for her to judge because she has very few options.

Throw more choices at her and she'd likely alter her behavior too. It's not an excuse, but it does help explain the cheating behavior in part.

You can take the most well meaning, practical, intelligent, married guy in the world, throw a hot option in front of him and suddenly things can change instantly. And women aren't that different, they'd just like to think so, usually so they can feign superiority.
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Who's Your Daddy?



Joined: 30 May 2010
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are equally stupid women, like Martha Stewart. But what would happen if CNN had an article "Are women stupid?" Barbara Boxer's head would explode!
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yodanole



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe men aren't so stupid after all. Rolling Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GFq6usPg6U
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yodanole



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The No Hassles Divorce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtbdfypVy38
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D.D.



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

living back in north america I am suprised how much the media tries to bust people for who they sleep with. I don't see that it is any of their business and why they need to judge everyone. Big deal if some soldiers or secret service have hookers over 18 in other countries. Why do the north americans try to push their morals onto everyone else.
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yodanole



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Case in point-This guy is a sure Darwin Award Winner, or as a friend pointed out--the ultimate Polish joke

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dentist-pulls-her-ex-boyfriend-teeth-split-210829769.html
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The Sultan of Seoul



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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

D.D. wrote:
living back in north america I am suprised how much the media tries to bust people for who they sleep with. I don't see that it is any of their business and why they need to judge everyone. Big deal if some soldiers or secret service have hookers over 18 in other countries. Why do the north americans try to push their morals onto everyone else.


Take out the part that specifies it as an Amercian thing only and I give plus one to this post.
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