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Least They Got It Right

September 29, 2006 at 2:43 pm ([General Ramblings])

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I’ve been falling behind in my Least I Could Do” strips, and their latest batch for this week hit close to home with me. Not in one of those ways where people take up a whole cause that they never would have thought of. Those people are weird. It hits home in a good way. Generalizations are common, and even necessary at times. You’re not going to list every brand of automobile when you’re just saying something about cars. Still, a lot of generalizations hurt. Especially those made about men. I should know. I’ve heard them all.

“All men are pigs.”
“I hate all men!”
“Men are dogs!”
“All men think about is sex!”

Yeah, we think about sex statistically more then women, but that doesn’t mean anything. We do it because it’s in our drive and our society. It’s not like we were pushed out of the womb while saying “Damn, I need to grow up already so I can get some!” Yes, I realize the incestuous intentions with that scenario; but if Sigmund Freud could theorize that everyone’s subconcious is driven by incest and sex, I see no reason why that can’t be said. Moving on . . .

Right now, I have all the respect for Ray Sohmer because he got it right. Especially for big doughboys like myself who have trouble finding a relationship, let alone having one. Not every good husband has that smooth-cut jaw and rippling pectoral muscles. A lot of them carry a little baggage around, and know the score of things. Not just how to play the game.