Dear Fred,
Does the following observation strike you as fundamentally true?
"When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes;
when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues."
when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues."
Honoré de Balzac, 20 May 1799-1850
I have been pondering the zoological impulse to reproduce and am increasingly convinced that humans are largely subject to unconscious sexual urges that we gussy up with overlays of Romance.
Remarkably, the most volcanically animalistic of all human activities -- sexual intercourse -- is the one we most delicately romanticize.
That said, it is my experience that women are supremely practical creatures (likely attributable to the inexorable practicalities of child-rearing) whereas men keep romance alive.
Remarkably, the most volcanically animalistic of all human activities -- sexual intercourse -- is the one we most delicately romanticize.
That said, it is my experience that women are supremely practical creatures (likely attributable to the inexorable practicalities of child-rearing) whereas men keep romance alive.
If women are biologically impelled to choose a "dependable provider and protector" who faithfully assists in raising children to maturity, then, once they've made their spousal choice, it seems they will stand by their man (must stand by their man?) even if he's a heinous criminal.
Perhaps this perceived obligation is (at least part of the reason) many women live with domestic abuse.
Perhaps this perceived obligation is (at least part of the reason) many women live with domestic abuse.
By all accounts Chesterton very much loved his wife.
He also observed that women are essentially fascist "in the home" while men are chiefly responsible for propagating "fair play" in the larger world.
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of G.K. Chesterton Posts
Pax tecum
Alan
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