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He Said, She Said - Pink Color Choice Linked to Female Genetic Flaw

By Steve Lombardi

Hmmm.... Chrissie, Chrissie, Chrissie, tssk, tsssk, we men demand equal time to comment about this alleged genetic flaw. After reading the title of your article I'm wondering if only a woman could write this? I've got to respond with the guy version. Your article is titled Commitment Phobias in Men Linked to Genetic Flaw. Really? A genetic flaw?

Most men would be reluctant to describe George Clooney's single lifestyle as a "genetic flaw". Pleeeaaasssse! Must we use science to explain everything about ourselves? To call George's lifestyle choice a genetic flaw is without a doubt cruel and unusual punishment of the highest order. NO guy in his right mind would use science to describe what we all know to be the case of a guy's lifestyle choice.

First of all stop trying to figure us out. You can't do it. God made it so you can't figure us out and we can't figure you out. It's all part of the natural order of the Universe. Any attempt to invoke scientific reasoning is flawed and woman will, like men, never figure us out. We just don't think the same. Period.

By scientifically concluding a relationship between man carrying a certain genetic variant, (known as allele, of the vasopressin receptor 1a gene, called 334 (AVPR1A)) and his scoring lower on the Partner Bonding Scale psychological test is way too simplistic. Maybe it's simply a matter of George just liking to be with the guys more than he wants to get married. Or maybe it's about not wanting to share the remote control. And then again perhaps it's about not wanting to explain where his next film will be and feeling badly about leaving his woman and child alone while he practices lines with some Hollywood starlet. Think about his profession and how long marriages last. If he got married and then got divorced wouldn't he be criticized as a womanizer? Of course he would. To attempt to describe George's choice of a single lifestyle in scientific terms is without a doubt, scientifically absurd.

Maybe he just doesn't want to marry because he looks around and doesn't like what he sees.

George Clooney quote about having kids

"I'm too wrapped up in my work to think about children, I would need to show myself that I'm able to sustain a good long-term relationship before I could even imagine what being a father would be like."

It seems to me the underlying premise is flawed. Must every man and woman be married? Now I married my high school sweetheart and she's my soul mate, but does everyone have one? Maybe yes and maybe no, but it doesn't stop most everyone from searching for them. And that's where science can never go, the soul. There is no gene to prove we have a soul but most everyone agrees it exists. Barbara and I think alike, is that a genetic issue or one of the soul? Do I need to know that answer to know that I love her? No.

George on Marriage - George Clooney on meeting women

"I'm the old-fashioned type who prefers to meet a woman in a more normal setting. I don't like to feel that I'm being hunted down. I've always liked to do my own hunting when it comes to meeting women."

You see us not figuring each other out is the natural way to get us to never stop chasing you and you us. It's about procreation and the survival of the planet.

It proves that God has a sense of humor.

Statistics show single men have a shorter life expectancy than married men.

Really?

Yeah, but, married men are more willing to die.

And then again maybe it's just simply about controlling the TiVo schedule. Now if you ask me, we should be studying female genes. For instance, what about the choice of the color pink? What's with that? Is that because of a pink gene? And shopping? Is there a shopping gene?

So leave our George out of it and let him remain single as long as he wishes. After all, he's probably doing some woman a favor.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).