Maureen Dowd wrote a long, sad essay in the New York Times the other day, entitled "What's a Modern Girl to do?" - basically bemoaning the fact that she is 53, unmarried, and childless. The essay has received lots of attention from various bloggers, like Ann Althouse, Roger L. Simon, The Anchoress, Steve Sailer, Matt Drudge, and I'm sure plenty of others. MoDo's basic thesis of the essay was that men don't want her because she's just too successful:"... a primal fear of single successful women: that the aroma of male power is an aphrodisiac for women, but the perfume of female power is a turnoff for men. It took women a few decades to realize that everything they were doing to advance themselves in the boardroom could be sabotaging their chances in the bedroom, that evolution was lagging behind equality."
Now, from the look of her picture (top), she's actually a fairly attractive-looking woman; comparable to Buffy The Vampire Slayer beauty Alysson Hannigan (below), which is quite something considering that she's 53. So, the reason for her single status is not her looks. And really, it isn't that she is intimidating either. A columnist for the New York Times? Big Deal. It isn't like she's a brain surgeon or an astronaut.No, the big clue as to why Maureen Dowd is still single might be found elsewhere: this essay is taken from her soon-to-be-published book, "Are Men Necessary: When Sexes Collide".
Miss Dowd should know that if you don't think men are even necessary, then it shouldn't be a big surprise that men can't be bothered to waste their time with you. Maybe that coupled with the fact that her essays (which are after all a reflection of the way her mind works) are uniformly sarcastic and snarky might have something to do with the fact that she's all alone.
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Phaw! Journalists are notoriously vain and unreliable particularly aobut themselves. It's probably a very old head-shot with a lot of Photoshop as well.
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