Book Club

After graduation, I've had the chance to partake in some non-law school activities. Book club, we talked about Maureen Dowd's most recent book Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide (her earlier one also received great fanfare: Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk).
It was a very interesting discussion and I'm often perplexed about how we got to the world we live in today. How did we get to a point where women and men are so different? Dichotomies and separation. Us vs. them. Did it really always exist? Did something happen that made it so? Watching the Da Vinci Code even with all the fiction makes me think about history and how hard it is to figure out any concept of the truth.
Not that it is anywhere near the first time I’ve thought of these things. I’ve been thinking of them for years, thinking about variations on the theme, whether it be historical or philosophical.
It reminded me of the book Backlash by Susan Faludi. I think about the hype we’re spoon fed from the media. Whether it’s stupid myths about marriage or pressure about giving up careers and raising families, there always seems to be pressure and forces trying to convince women that all they care about is men, getting one, keeping one, and all that jazz. A demographic I don’t fit with, and consequently often feel disconnected with. A group that I will probably spend my entire life fight for.
Tonight I got another of the somewhat harmless/harmful t.v. shows about how to get a man. Four different women, ironically two lawyers, that two dating coaches are teaching how to catch and land a man.