An ex-hooker is held up as expert on love by likes of the New York Times, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan.
No wonder we’re screwed.
So what does Miss missing-britches ( aka Tracy Quan) have to say is the biggest problem facing modern couples? All those darn rules.
We have the ability to invent our own rules, but have yet to outgrow the primitive desire to break rules, which goes back to a time when people had less romantic and sexual freedom, less control over their lives. Some of the most liberated individuals get tripped up by relationship rules that originate in that time and we can’t always see it. As the Love Guru at Expert Insight, I want people to break rules without breaking hearts or destroying lives—and I know it can be done.
Right, right. Its those darn rules that lead to single parents, abuse, objectification, and abortion. Darn those rules.
And as advice to all you young ladies out there. “Figure out which novel you’re in. Play it to the hilt. …Collecting male characters to enhance your novel is more fun.”
Yes, yes. That seems like a good idea. Collect men (and STDs).
We’re doomed.
October 12, 2011 at 3:50 pm
So she went from simulating love in cheap dirty motel rooms to simulating love for the New York Times. Isn't that a step down?
October 12, 2011 at 7:20 pm
If you have no heart to break, and no dignity left to destroy, sure "it can be done." If you are so jaded as to have no permanent connection to other human beings, then you will never suffer. Deep people suffer. However, shallow people never really live.
October 12, 2011 at 8:04 pm
This is a part of Cosmo's marketing. It purposely gives crappy destructive advice, keeping them as repeat subscribers
October 12, 2011 at 11:54 pm
A charitable correction, Patrick; they, not we, are doomed.
October 14, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Aaaaaaand…when, exactly, did human evolution reach the point where monogamy, or at the very least polygamy, are no longer necessary?
Obviously, STDs. Parental care. Arguably, the majority of male aggression (monogamous species like wolves are much less violent in their dominance behavior than promiscuous or polygamous species like most apes).
What, other than cheap kicks, is the advantage of promiscuity, please?