tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post7713896483002616732..comments2024-03-22T05:55:48.117-04:00Comments on The Pervocracy: Cosmocking: The Great Female Survey!Cliff Pervocracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-32129460818772066452012-09-25T13:28:58.844-04:002012-09-25T13:28:58.844-04:00I know this is ancient now, but just had to say: ...I know this is ancient now, but just had to say: that whole "what if it was your sister/mother/daughter" thing really pisses me off too, because it's also something that's invariably asked of men when they're talking about a bad thing happening to another person, or about an unusual relationship/sexual issue.<br /><br />An example is something like "dating someone 20 years old/younger than you". A man who says "no problem" might be asked "but what if your daughter/sister/mother did that?", but you can be sure he will NOT be asked "what if your brother/father/son did that?". We don't OWN the women in our lives, goddamn it, and even if I didn't like something they did, well, that's my problem, not theirs. lonely mushroomhttp://www.lonelymushroom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-32738882577546659192012-09-20T08:11:35.856-04:002012-09-20T08:11:35.856-04:00oi! I soooo wish we'd had such a forum growing...oi! I soooo wish we'd had such a forum growing up. My mom got Cosmo and I guess to this day I aspire to be the "perfect Ann Coulter". Sad. I am fighting my own mysogyny and at least none of this shite was on my own kid's reading list. Thank you. Indeed, Fuck It.chellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962492455681074760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-2751122267400839582011-09-16T05:10:21.375-04:002011-09-16T05:10:21.375-04:00"Really now. Not only is this missing a "..."Really now. Not only is this missing a "none of the above," but it's missing all the good drinks! The ultimate woman's drink is a hefeweizen with a wedge of orange, god dammit."<br /><br />My buddy and I always order the same 2 drinks to start the night: long-island iced tea, and a Red Rocket, a drink made to taste like the famous popsicles. While ordering it and drinking it we make constant South Park references. And we only get the Long Island if our favorite bartender (Kurt) is on duty because MMMmmmm can't taste the alcohol. Just sweet/sour, coke, and drunk.<br /><br />"I never knew drinks were this major an area of gender identification. They aren't served in pink and blue glasses, either, so sometimes I have to guess!"<br /><br />The ultimate man's drink is clearly a VODKA martini (Thank you, James Bond (Sean Connery is as close to universally sexy as they come))... but I find it amusing that "beer" is the choice for a man and "light beer" is the choice for a woman. What about all those miller lite commercials about how miller lite is MANLY? Also WHY IS BEER ON THESE LISTS? You might as well ask, "What's a man's favorite drink?" and have "something alcoholic" as one of the choices. I hate hoppy lagers and I think guiness is the most disgusting beer known to man. Gimme a fat tire or a blue moon hefeweizen with a slice of orange and jeez I'll drink that 'till I feel sick.<br /><br />"Um... I choose "no?""<br />LOL that's the best. "No" is the best answer but it's also the worst answer... "Would you rather be shot in the left knee or the left elbow?" <br /><br />"Um, actual accomplishm... oh fuck it."<br />The ultimate status symbol for a woman is a massive portrait adorning the halls of the UN decorated with all 35 of her various Nobel prizes, her space suit from commanding the mission to Mars, the twelve sons and daughters' portraits and their nobel prizes, and having the planet earth renamed "Janet" in her honor.superglucosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398359404946835540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-65393087321548107902011-07-26T22:10:16.238-04:002011-07-26T22:10:16.238-04:00"don't even drink any kind of alcoholic b..."don't even drink any kind of alcoholic beverage, so I live in a whole other world of not being a real man."<br /><br />If it's any comfort, you're in good company. Most of my good male friends live there, either through not drinking or through not being interested in sports.webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02111147106670737578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-73942051169421075362011-07-26T19:08:07.205-04:002011-07-26T19:08:07.205-04:00"Tough luck if you picked "homosexual,&q..."Tough luck if you picked "homosexual," ladies!"<br /><br />I once saw a woman-only episode of the show "The Doctors" which was supposed to be all about health issues important to women. And the very first thing they talked about? Penises.webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02111147106670737578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-88995721246475649412011-07-26T15:30:20.066-04:002011-07-26T15:30:20.066-04:00The results are in and apparently Reuters thinks t...The results are in and apparently Reuters thinks this qualifies as actual news:<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/us-sexes-survey-idUSTRE76P5CU20110726Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-46337207851321061272011-07-26T14:32:51.701-04:002011-07-26T14:32:51.701-04:00g-i-n-e: doesn't count, you already knew the r...g-i-n-e: doesn't count, you already knew the right answer.Hershele Ostropolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-14514723250902387632011-07-25T22:35:19.814-04:002011-07-25T22:35:19.814-04:00Re: picture at beginning of post
"Ladies&quo...Re: picture at beginning of post<br /><br />"Ladies" was corrected and re-corrected, but nobody did anything about the run-on sentence? For shame.<br /><br />Anon 7/22* 11:54 AM: <em>There are questions like 'Would you dump a girlfriend if she became fat?' (God forbid you're actually attracted to fat women or have a fat girlfriend)</em><br /><br /><em>Become</em> fat? My mom was already fat when she and my dad started dating. He clearly didn't consider this a bad thing: we celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary last month.<br /><br />*I just realised I completely forgot about European Pi Day! I should have had pie!Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-88282160831776256012011-07-24T16:20:34.965-04:002011-07-24T16:20:34.965-04:00Herschele: My neighbor's wife, presumably, liv...Herschele: My neighbor's wife, presumably, lives with her. (Ha! Gotcha!) :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-88412906945982051412011-07-24T09:13:12.621-04:002011-07-24T09:13:12.621-04:00These are the comments I put on the survey, exactl...These are the comments I put on the survey, exactly as I sent them to Cosmo:<br /><br />"Q27 needs an "All of these" option. We frequently discuss genuinely kinky sex (including stuff that is not on the list) and occasionally even have some.<br /><br />Q50 should allow us to check more than one option.<br /><br />Q60 and Q61 are too vague to be readily answerable. "Ultimate" in what way? Ultimate according to society, ultimate according to me, ultimately irritating? And where, or where is the "Other" or "None of the above" option?<br /><br />Romance shouldn't be an effort. It should come naturally. If you think you need candles and swanky restaurants and expensive clothes to bring about "romance," then you don't know what romance is.<br /><br />I am polyamorous. As such, I am completely open and honest with each of my boyfriends about the others. This is, however, not listed as an option for any of the survey questions."<br /><br />I don't think they'll like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-91327581453356424762011-07-22T23:08:26.460-04:002011-07-22T23:08:26.460-04:00Is it terribly cynical of me to presume that the a...Is it terribly cynical of me to presume that the article which this survey data is intended to support has already been written, and that the survey itself is therefore skewed to deliver a predetermined result? Since the "Cosmo girl", if such an animal exists, will be the only respondent able to complete the survey, when the rest of us get stuck on "how do I evaluate my husband's marriage potential? With no option for 'I don't'? Fuck, I just said I don't believe in marriage!" logic puzzles.<br /><br />I know, I know, never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-76688404161688899252011-07-22T23:04:42.485-04:002011-07-22T23:04:42.485-04:00@minuteye - I did it to the best of my capabilitie...@minuteye - I did it to the best of my capabilities, but I was still embarrassed by the result. That being said, it's askmen and cosmo, everyone knows they suck who cares?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-16925147757441173112011-07-22T19:24:41.904-04:002011-07-22T19:24:41.904-04:00PLEASE SELECT YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexua...<i>PLEASE SELECT YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual Bisexual Homosexual Rather not say</i><br />While I can't think of many reasons why an asexual person would be reading Cosmo in the first place, it could happen, and the omission is... another drop of fail in the bucket that is this survey. Would it have been so hard to include asexual, pansexual, questioning, and other?Aydanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571646997553190627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-81135975085677427332011-07-22T17:46:07.751-04:002011-07-22T17:46:07.751-04:00Holly-
Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. Ouch. ...Holly-<br />Yeah, I hadn't thought of that. Ouch. Uh...<br />Let me explain.<br />What I wrote in my first comment was exactly what went through my mind when I saw that question. My girlfriend has a habit of saying things like "What if I got hit by a car and never got to say goodbye to you?" and "What if these headaches are because I have brain cancer, or an aneurysm? I could just keel over and die." So it occurred to me that there are some situations where you would want your partner, or somebody, to be able to find you, but not be able to call for help.<br />You're totally right that this isn't something people in general should be able to do.Mintynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-65083989294463005892011-07-22T17:05:08.705-04:002011-07-22T17:05:08.705-04:00Since I still have my own ass after I "give i...<i> Since I still have my own ass after I "give it up," I'm more worried about ass hyperinflation.</i><br /><br />Emma, I think you're amazing too. :DErlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-77592418952987098422011-07-22T16:42:56.506-04:002011-07-22T16:42:56.506-04:00It's not the only case, but it's the main ...It's not the only case, but it's the main case that comes to mind in which pointing out that Minty said "if she agreed" isn't a valid answer to that. If she <b>genuinely</b> agreed, and wasn't nagged or intimidated or coerced or cajoled into claiming to agree, she presumably doesn't intend to disappear; if she wants to leave that option open, she shouldn't be chipped, if she has a genuine meaningful choice.Hershele Ostropolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-2771745960072319052011-07-22T15:25:11.382-04:002011-07-22T15:25:11.382-04:00Hershele - I didn't spell it out because it...Hershele - I didn't spell it out because it's not the only case. Although I would hope no one would do this, people have the right (barring financial/childcare obligations) to up and disappear on non-abusive partners too. That's a horrible shitty thing to do, but I'm not convinced it's a thing that should be made mechanically impossible.<br /><br />Jack - You're <i>in</i> some of the goddamn orgy stories. :pCliff Pervocracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-65458005642497420512011-07-22T13:12:35.765-04:002011-07-22T13:12:35.765-04:00Btw, was reading some of your orgy stories, is all...<i>Btw, was reading some of your orgy stories, is all of this true or were you embellishing?</i><br /><br />Holly has ORGY stories???<br /><br />WHY WASN'T I INFORMED OF THIS???????<br /><br />(shuffles back to my swamp)Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-39565190768185841122011-07-22T13:01:35.023-04:002011-07-22T13:01:35.023-04:00DAMMIT! *don't outweigh.
Equally true both wa...DAMMIT! *don't outweigh.<br /><br />Equally true both ways, but different emphasis.Hershele Ostropolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-323915779536034712011-07-22T12:57:04.398-04:002011-07-22T12:57:04.398-04:00I think I know what you're trying to say, thou...<i>I think I know what you're trying to say, though considering the two previous posts I'm a little surprised by your reluctance to say it.</i><br /><br />Wow. That came out a lot harsher than I meant it to. Anyway, I'm not sure the benefits of a beacon in healthy relationships outweigh the marginal risks in abusive ones.Hershele Ostropolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-63087381871041121952011-07-22T11:54:30.092-04:002011-07-22T11:54:30.092-04:00Have any of you had a look at the Great Male Surve...Have any of you had a look at the Great Male Survey? There are questions like 'Would you dump a girlfriend if she became fat?' (God forbid you're actually attracted to fat women or have a fat girlfriend), and 'Who's winning, men or women?' (at least this one has 'It's not a competition' as an option...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-68234510634483538252011-07-22T11:17:06.793-04:002011-07-22T11:17:06.793-04:00@Molly Ren, having experimented with tracking devi...@Molly Ren, having experimented with tracking devices (tracking myself, not someone else) I can report that anything that depends on the cell system works only intermittently once you get out of sight of the nearest cluster of fast food joints. The thing you need for good tracking, is a Spot Beacon. They talk to satellites so they work even in places with no cell service. They are fist sized, orange, need to be placed somewhere where they can see the sky, and their batteries need attention fairly regularly, so they really aren't that stealthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-69145604073613472462011-07-22T11:13:46.261-04:002011-07-22T11:13:46.261-04:00I'm a man who likes Rauchbier, IPA, cider, Tom...I'm a man who likes Rauchbier, IPA, cider, Tom Collins, and lambic. I think white Russians have been rescued for men now, by <i>The Big Lebowski</i>, though the last person I saw acually drink one was my sister (she was taking advantage of being in a restaurant, since, she noted, bars so seldom have dairy). I think cider is coded as female, though the dive-themed bar in Hell's Kitchen in NY I went to last week had it.<br /><br /><i>My neighbor's wife lives in a different house because they decided their habits were too different to live together and remain married.</i><br /><br />Huh. Living together is probably the most inviolable relationship canon. Happy couples who aren't married, different lasty names, separate bank accounts, vacations, home offices -- reluctant to have separate bedrooms, let alone separate houses (Ma and Pa Pervocracy, I seem to recall, are another example).<br /><br /><i>Minty - Of course n-- on second thought, yes, if she agreed, and if it'd only be turned on in emergency situations. If some night she never arrives home from work, and isn't answering her phone-- because she's been kidnapped, or was in a car crash, or something-- it'd be good to be able to find out where she is.<br /><br />I'd say not even then, because there's another reason someone might never come home from work and not answer their phone--because they've left you.</i><br /><br />I think I know what you're trying to say, though considering the two previous posts I'm a little surprised by your reluctance to say it. But in that case the person who'd be activating the beacon would call the police, and it would be the same problem or worse.Hershele Ostropolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-72065552034705797852011-07-22T10:52:39.359-04:002011-07-22T10:52:39.359-04:00Actually, the GPS thing can already be done with a...Actually, the GPS thing can already be done with a smartphone. Or through Foursquare. Tracking your significant others through a chip implant is so last century, Cosmo. :PMolly Renhttp://molly-ren.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-39745319120276276722011-07-22T10:19:04.164-04:002011-07-22T10:19:04.164-04:00I was thinking about this the other day, when I sa...<i>I was thinking about this the other day, when I saw some attempt to raise sympathy for female victims of violence with "what if this was your sister, your daughter, your wife?" There was no "what if this was you?" Women are so often described in terms of our relationships, instead of in our own right. This survey isn't about me--it's about the parts of me that are useful to men.</i><br /><br />Conversely, it might just be an appeal to a protective instinct. Just looking at this from my own perspective, "This could be you" doesn't have anywhere near the same emotional impact as "This could be someone you care about." I mean, obviously I'd be <i>unhappy</i> if I, personally, were hurt, but that's worlds away from the white-hot rage at the idea of someone hurting anyone - male or female - that I love.Kristycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321532023627519016noreply@blogger.com