women in danger

as online news call attention to a case of a young pakistani bride having her legs chopped of by her in-laws for family honour reasons, the general situation of women looks pretty dismal according to 'the economist'.

women in danger

New Trophy Wife

I just came across this article in Psychology today.
Thought it is quite interesting.

New Trophy Wife

male dissappointment in LOVE

from a newsletter:

.... but I would emphasize the social context for so many men being disappointed in love: Many high achieving women leave love relationships as a residual category compared to the network of relationships they need for career success and personal emotional support. When women don't"live for love" anymore, men have to compete with the woman's career--and low achieving women are not as desirable--especially not if the man's counselor is herself a high-achieving career woman and hence a model of the kind of women of which few are expecting to be swept off their feet. That said, self-esteem building is a good sized industry. I expect to contribute to that from my love theory, but not till 2007.

Norman Brown PhD PhD
Assoc Prof Psychology & Humanities
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical UnivDaytona Beach FL

Breathe (BLU CANTRELL)

You say you love me, say you love me but you’re never there for me,
yeah, mmm...hmm...
You’ll be cryin? slowly dyin when I decide to leave, oh, oh
All we do is make up (make up) then break up (break up)
Why don’t we wake u and see?
When love hurts it won’t work
Maybe we need some time alone we need to let it breathe

You’re only lonely when your homey ain’t got a ride or no loot,
yeah, uh-huh
Then comes the drama some other girl is claimin she’s goin out with you,
hmm…mm…
All we do is make up then break up
Why don’t we wake up and see
When love hurts it won’t work
Maybe we need some time alone
We need to let it breathe

BreatheBreatheBreatheBreathe (Uh...huh...)

Breathe

There always is a prize to pay..

Talking lately to a friend of mine we hit on single motherhood. My friend, having access to the really well-heeled community of this city, introduced me to the concept of hidden single motherhood. She said most couples with a very well earning hubby end up living more or less separate lives. The husband hardly sees his kids during the week either due to working late or being on business trips, even weekends he may not make it home, all resulting in a wife being alone with the kids almost all the time. Apart from the financial security and lots of plastic cash to fulfill her every wish, i can't see a lot of advantage to this lifestyle. Unfortunately i see marriage as a partnership and not only a mans responsibility to provide financially for his loved ones and advance on status plus its manyfold symbols. But then.. who asks me?

avian flu

Seriously, i don't know what the big hub is about! Everybody going made about this virus and the eventual human fatalities. America goes berserk as usual, headed by chief red indian Bush, blowing is antiviral clarion, leading the worldwide collection of chemical weaponry... the media going hoiti- toiti on single cases in birds and every dead bird gets dissected as if they are expecting any second to find it turned into a zombie. Hey! Where do we life? What do we fear? The real lifethreats are surely sitting somewhere else and not in a peaceful dove leaving her equally peaceful excrements in front of our doorstep. 3m homeless people will die in Kashmir's winter in the course of the next weeks if the rest of the world doesn't take money fast from its respective pockets. That's a life threat, so much for sure, but not for the cushy western world, so why should we care??