I've read an interesting section of The Economist (sometimes translated Economics or Oeconomicus), one of the more controversial classical books. Xenophon (d. 354 BC at Corinth) wrote this treatise concerning how to manage one's estate. It is one of the more practical-minded ancient philosophy works. In the famous section, a man named Ischomacus gives instruction to his new teenage wife about what her role is. Today, there is either bad information on sex roles (most of society) or good guesses (the Manosphere). Let's see what the wisdom of the ancients have to tell us. Granted, being archaic does not necessarily yield Read More

“The sour faces of the multitude, like their sweet faces, have no deep cause, but are put on and off as the wind blows and a newspaper directs.” —Emerson It seems that every few weeks or so I read an article in a liberal publication decrying police discrimination against African-Americans. Of course, it is well-known that they are stopped by the police and arrested far more than whites. And for many liberals, with their superficial point of view, this is obvious discrimination, cause for vociferous outrage and indignation. But the actual context is not this stunningly simple—not that it should be difficult to Read More

Amanda Hess is the author of a prodigious number of feminist rants. Highlights include chastising Stephen Colbert for hiring writers based on his assessment of their talent, rather than affirmative action, and defending a woman who knowingly and repeatedly put the care of her son in the hands of the mentally unstable, murderously violent boyfriend who eventually killed the boy. In her recent Slate.com article “Male Allies Are Important, Except When They're the Worst,” Hess criticizes the way male feminists have tried to help women. She draws heavily from a PhD dissertation by Kris Macomber, as well as a variety of Read More

After a round of sex between a nonjudgmental man and his wonderful fiancé, a conversation ensues between the two as they lay in bed—cuddling in their post-coital bliss. Let's observe their little chat… Man: Wow sweetie, you're so amazing and wild! So look, we've been together for almost two years now and have lived together for six months. Tell me, what's the craziest thing you've ever done in bed? Fiancé: Oh, I don't know, I'm pretty shy about that stuff, I don't want you to judge me either. Besides, nothing could ever compare to you big daddy, hehe… Man: Aww shucks, don't be Read More

I recently went to a nightclub where I spent much of the evening interacting with women, having fun and hoping to find a hook-up. Nothing particularly unusual there, you might say. After all, not only am I a game writer, but men hitting on women is hardly anything new. Not, apparently, as far as the female friends of a couple of the girls I approached were concerned, though. On more than one occasion I experienced unpleasant and rude cockblocking from mother-hens. This led me to contemplate anew something that has been on my mind for a while – that cockblocking is Read More