sex versus success

[wasabi_poptart]

Excellent NYT article courtesy of alero

What's a Modern Girl to Do?

(too long to repost; use www.bugmenot.com)

I wouldn't trade my independence, my power, my money, and/or my autonomy for all the push-up bras in Towson Town Center. I'm the luckiest girl I know.

Comments

[sarahmarvelous.livejournal.com]

But the guy still has to pay on the first date? And you love guys who light your cigarette for you?

[wasabi-poptart.livejournal.com]

absolutely.

romance has nothing to do with politics.

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

Does romance have to be linked to money? I've had far more romantic (and free!) things done for me than a guy paying for dinner. What if you ask someone out and pay for dinner - isn't that "romance"?

I always found lighting someone's cigarette (guy for girl or the reverse) to be more about sex than romance.

[wasabi-poptart.livejournal.com]

romance is very much linked to generosity. the money is merely symbolic.