I just read an item from Time about a "personal site aimed at facilitating extramarital affairs." It is called AshleyMadison.com. Among the many ghastly things about this, one of the most interesting statements in the article was this: traffic on the site tripled the day after Father's Day. According to the site's CEO, it is because the day after Father's Day is a day when many men feel "underappreciated."
That is very sad - not a reason to cheat - but sad. Why don't we as a culture appreciate fathers enough? Too many bad ones, our own screwed up priorities, selfishness .... Any ideas?
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Online Adultery
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It's culturally appropriate to mock men and fathers. I recently complained to Lowe's and Kingsford about a commercials showing husbands to be total dopes. It's not that I have no sense of humor - the Pepsi "I'm good" commercial is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteThe core problem is that women do not understand that men don't simply want to feel respected - it's actually a deep need - as deeply felt by us as the need to feel loved is felt by them!
When a man is disrespected he is GOING to find a way to have that need met. Tragically, that happens through affairs.
We need to fix marriage!
I would have never guessed that would be such an influence. It just shows that even though men aren't always as expressive as women, the need is still there!
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