Wednesday, August 23, 2006

 

Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed

So sang Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, many years ago, tongues firmly planted in cheeks. Others seem to take this attitude more seriously. Here is an excerpt from a current article in Forbes:

Guys: A word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career.

Why? Because if many social scientists are to be believed, you run a higher risk of having a rocky marriage. While everyone knows that marriage can be stressful, recent studies have found professional women are more likely to get divorced, more likely to cheat, less likely to have children, and, if they do have kids, they are more likely to be unhappy about it. A recent study in Social Forces, a research journal, found that women--even those with a "feminist" outlook--are happier when their husband is the primary breadwinner.

Among other things, reasons for a man not to marry a career woman include: "When your spouse works outside the home, chances increase they'll meet someone they like more than you."

I love the phrase "professional women." Yeah, I know, they mean college grads with a career. Or do they mean hookers? Or do they mean men who earn a living dressing as women? I wouldn't want to marry one of those.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, innit?

# posted by Spike @ 8/23/2006 12:50:00 PM
Comments:
Are you a Kinky fan? I saw him live in London many years ago.

He writes a good detective novel too.
# posted by Blogger fumier : 8/23/2006 3:20 PM
 
Yes I am, both his music and his books. Never had the opportunity to see him do it live though.
# posted by Blogger Spike : 8/23/2006 4:15 PM
 
If we are talking about professional women I much prefer Eddie Izzard. He is, after all, "A professional transvestite".
# posted by Anonymous John : 8/23/2006 5:14 PM
 
Eddie Izzard is a "professional man dressed as a woman", not a "professional woman." There is a slight but important difference between a transvestite (one who's gender-bending is limited to clothing) and a transsexual (one who's gender-bending). His "character" while performing is a man, not a woman. Anyway, anal-retentive nit-picking aside, I agree with your good taste in comedians. I'd much rather watch an Eddie Izzard DVD than read any Forbes article.
# posted by Anonymous fanboy : 8/29/2006 12:42 AM
 
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