I do not claim to know ALL men but I do know some and perhaps I know myself a little bit better after considering how I and (some) other men have responded to the introduction of Sarah Palin. "She’s hot!"
I was appalled that Sen. McCain selected a sexy librarian to be his running mate. Aghast that he would choose a MILF in a leather mini-skirt to step into the role of President should he become too sick, too old, or too dead. Astounded that Republicans are so gullible. Surprised that Right could choose to be this wrong. I was surprised that they did not vet her better.
Only yesterday I realized what my wife identified four or five days ago, I was obsessed with her. Of course I did not see this see this in myself first. I saw it in how other men and how they were responding to her nomination. They were obsessed with her. "She’s hot!"
There is hope. Women. Wives, mothers, sisters and daughters. Hope that they are not as silly as their husbands, brothers and sons. Hope that they are smarter and that they will remind us men of that, again. Hope that they will save us from ourselves. Hope that women have better vision and will help (some of) us men better see what she is not.