Hear ye hear ye.
I think that although a man's physical attributes are sexual attractants, of course, there are other qualities that weigh strongly in the balance for women assessing men. Power is one. The power of money, as with Onassis's attractiveness for Jackie and that revolting Donald Trumps's attractiveness for many, or of position, as in Kissenger's attractiveness for various pretty starlets, the only one whose name whom I recall being Jill St. John. Was it Kissenger who said, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac"? He had reason to know, certainly.
My impression is that the less power in the world the men to whom a woman is exposed are likely to ever have, the more she will rely simply on the suggestion or aura of power a handsome, strong man bedecked with gold chains and driving a cool car may present to her.
This perception is why I suspect Paula Jones's marriage is likely to fail. Not guaranteed, of course, who knows what there is between them; but highly likely. She has choices now she did not have formerly. She is likely to fall in love with another man, never thinking for a second, "I will dump a because b is from higher on the male-desirability spectrum," but only thinking, sincerely, "Oh I hate to hurt a, but I love b so so much!"
Am I a cynic, or what?
[Edit: Actually, I don't think I am. I just notice what I notice, I think, and it's not really fair to call that cynicism, if it's reality, is it? If I'm illuded, of course, it becomes cynicism.] |
