Sexual Selection

Sexual selection can be a very interesting exercise to witness...

When preying, men act bizarrely, which is natural. However there are some schmucks teaching men how to get women by the use of pathetic techniques. For example:

Playing psychological games – there is the notion that women enjoy palm reading, tarot cards, illusionism etc. All this in a Club? Women must be really tossed to fall for this.

Praising their beauty – (this one is a classic) even I experienced it. I recall being asked if I knew how beautiful I was; I looked at the guy and crafted an answer like “Yeah, I have a mirror at home!”

Photos of themselves with pets & children – this could work if the men using this method were looking for a wife (since this kind of photo suggests responsibility and family orientation); but in a club context (where men are looking for a sex-pass) it makes no sense at all.

Confusing women – if they ask men “what do you do for a living?” guys are supposed to answer something like “I fix pencils”. Would somebody please explain me how this witless answer would result in a sex-pass?

Breathing down women’s neck – not sexy. I have experienced this one too, and I can tell you that my reaction was “Do you suffer from any respiratory problem? Shall I dial 911?”

Playing the I’m-too-hot-4-u Game – first smooth talk women, then treat them like dirt; wait 8 minutes and “then watch them melt all over you”...this is ridiculous. First, do not smooth talk me, then you do not have the courage to treat me like dirt; don’t bother waiting 8 minutes cause we’re through...and melting, what am I? A M&M?

Vaginalising: [Yes, I gave birth to this word] patient, sophisticated and hungry use of one’s vagina for no apparent useful purpose; classy one nightstand.

When women vaginalise it can be consider as a tool to sexual selection (since in the process they can actually find a life-time partner) or it can be viewed as a mere body fix.

Bizarre or not, to vaginalise implies more artful tools than those used by men:

Having a drink – the way women brush their lips against a glass, says far more than words. This simple gesture can be more enticing and invitational than playing psychological games.

Crossing or uncrossing a leg – the mystery of what hides between one’s thighs is much more sophisticated then “do you know how beautiful you are?”

Flirtatious glance – is sexier, much more overwhelming and disturbing than showing a photo with pets and children.

Thorough Selection – when preying women are more selective. They heed little details like: do men scratch their crouch, do they wear tight clothes, do they smell, do they wear excessive gel in their hair, are their nails clean, are their teeth pristine, (in case they fancy older men) are their ears hair-free etc; all in less than 30 minutes.

Unlike men, women do not have sex with everything that moves (although a dear friend of mine told me once that moving is not quite a requirement).

After all this, I only have one question: are clubs, bars and restaurants the ultimate place to kill loneliness?

More of Sexual Selection at LS' dome: Here.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

“A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a weapon that can kill large numbers of humans (and other life forms) and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e.g. buildings), natural structures (e.g. mountains), or the biosphere in general.”(Wikipedia)

WMD was the official reason behind the attack, to Iraq, perpetrated by the US and its allies. However, later on, it was proven to be the wrong target since Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction whatsoever (not even to annoy Iran if needed be). His only crime was to be a torturer, a murderer, a despotic leader, a bad bluffer and a producer of evil seeds.

Today we know that the pre-emptive war shouldn’t have been on Iraq, for we all know who truly holds the Weapons of Mass Destruction:

A) Bin Laden and his gang: the 9/11 attacks were an example of the use of a mass destruction weapon. It killed thousands of innocent people and destroyed buildings. Not to mention the fact that it disrupted the lives of millions of world travellers and the order of things. His gang (the Islamic extremists in Somalia, Yemen, Chechnya, Algeria, Morocco and Egypt) assembles human mass destruction weapons to blow themselves up wherever there is innocent blood.

B) The Islamic extremists in Pakistan: the bloodshed we witness on TV everyday. Remember the Mumbai attacks (2008)? Remember the 4/11 train bombings (Madrid, 2004) and the 7/7 bombings (London, 2005)?
 
C) The Islamic extremists in Indonesia: let’s recall the Bali bombings, in 2002, when 202 innocent lives were scythed. And let’s not forget the Jakarta bombings last year either.

D) Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs and Hezbollah: this charming group is the cleverest of them all for despite their terrorist acts; in spite of their continued smuggling of illegal weapons; notwithstanding their continued assembling of human WMD (to exterminate Jews in Israel), they manage to draw the sympathy, support and donations from idealists and governments.

Who oils the machine producing these mass destruction weapons? The Islamic Clergy.



Image: The Triumph of the Genius of Destruction by Mihály Zichy

The Impatience of Sarai...

…Had unimaginable consequences.

“And Sarai said to Abram: 'Behold now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing; go in, please, to my handmaid; it may be that I shall have children through her.' And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai” (Genesis 16:2).

Sarai wanted to have children, however when she realised that it wasn’t happening, she offered her servant (Hagar) to her husband (so that he’d impregnate the Egyptian).
Was this a well thought out plan? Did Sarai think of the consequences of her decision?

A Thoughtless Plan
Sarai’ emotions (shame for not being able to bear; fear and despair since infertility was a reason to be returned to her family) clouded her reason, and her alarm system urged her to do something, anything...which she did. However, she didn’t allow reason to show her that her quick solution would bring her nothing but humiliation: first, her husband was quick on following the suggestion (mind you, had she suggested they’d move their tent a bit to the left a lot of negotiation would’ve been involved; but since the deal was to have sex with the servant...Abram was game “what else is there to negotiate?”); second, once Hagar had Ishmael she saw herself as being far superior to Sarai (and this is true up to the present days: most women who have born children look down on those who either can’t bear or choose not to); she despised her mistress and she was presumptuous enough to believe that she was more loved than future Sarah.

The Consequences were overlooked
God had already made a pact with Abram: He would give his seed the Land (from the River of Egypt to the great River Euphrates) and rule over the people living there. Sarai certainly knew this (at this point, it can be said ambition led her to be hasty) and since she did, why didn’t she use her gray cells and think “If God promised this to Abram, it’s because there is a plan. I must not be impatient.”? Why didn’t she bother to see the broader picture? Ambition blinded her and she failed to weigh the consequences: 1st God delayed her pregnancy (until she was at least 90) for having had the nerve to “lead” Him to re-adjust His plan (the birth of Ishmael changed the future). 2nd since Sarai is the mother of the Chosen People and she was stubborn, impatient, ambitious and wanting of vision (of God’s plan) she condemned her chosen children to eternal stubbornness, impatience, ambition, lack of vision (of God’s plan) and therefore to sufferance. 3rd Ishmael (the uncle of Jacob) is claimed to be the father of Muslims and look at the troubles existing between them and Israel since the day the latter left Mitzrayim (Egypt) until our present days.

How would today’s political and religious scenarios look like if  Sarai hadn’t been so thoughtless?



Image: Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness by Karel Dujardin

The Concept of Hysteria

In the XIX century, it was said that hysteria was a mental disease related to the uterus, thus a women’s predicament.

Let’s think a bit more about this interesting concept.
When we speak of hysteria we immediately visualise a dishevelled woman, with devilish red lipstick on, wearing a black mini-skirt, a purple bra; with baby-blue socks sinking into pink slippers; screaming her lungs out at her husband/partner.
We never imagine a guy losing it no matter how pro-femina or feminist we may be.

Men do scream (ask Latin guys). They, too, are hysterical. However when hysteria hits them, instead of visualising an unshaved man wearing nothing but briefs, black socks buried in dusty shoes, holding a beer can in his hand and trying to conceal a serious sexual dysfunction; we tell ourselves that some crazy woman must have caused him to lose his mind.

The concept of hysteria has been gilded. We are not comfortable with men being hysterical (because somehow we are all convinced that males are the keepers of the world’s security and balance) and since political correctness [once again] binds us to appease the feminist fringes; we choose to ignore hysterical manifestations by labelling them as PMS; thus, tacitly agreeing with the XIX century theory.

But I beg to differ: hysteria may well be caused by the X chromosome; the very same chromosome that is carried by each and every human being.

Image: Adam & Eve by Hans Baldung Grien