Fred Flintstone is my ideal guy

I don't particularly like the show everyone's buzzing about, Lost, but I do like this quote from its star, Matthew Fox, "Women will tell you that they want a man who's sensitive and emotionally available and caring - all these wonderfully soft, sort of feminine qualities. But at the same time, the reason women are attracted to men is that men have a very violent, base, intense, animalistic side." I don't know about other women, but I subscribe to this view. There's something so intoxicating about a masculine man, about a man who's not afraid to be...well, this is gonna sound sexist, but a man. I don't mean the cliched "bad boy"; I mean a guy who's not afraid to be a guy, or at least, the stereotype of "guydom". I like guys who can handle power tools, who like cars, who can fix things, who love rough, contact sports. I like guys who don't know the difference between periwinkle and turquoise. I like guys who looked like they dressed in the dark in the middle of a hurricane. I like guys who wouldn't be caught dead watching Gilmore Girls. Ugh. I think I just described a caveman. Perhaps the reason why I've had so much trouble in the love arena is because I seem to find these traits in the most immature men possible. They can't seem to grow up; they're irresponsible, they lie. My brother doesn't give me much dating advice, but he did tell me this - "Never trust a guy who says he doesn't watch porn." I think that particular crude suggestion was specifically tailored to me. Do I want a guy who would lie about his own sexuality? I need a man who's not afraid of his own sexuality, because frankly, sometimes mine just downright stupefies me. A close-minded, repressed guy just wouldn't cut it. Furthermore, I like honesty (and you know what I mean, that doesn't extend to having him tell me I look like a pineapple when I get a new haircut) in a guy and come on, I know that about 99% of the male population watches/reads/interacts with pornography in some way, shape or form (and it's perfectly natural, according to evolutionary psychology), and I am fine with that. I know some women (and some men, too) think pornography is "wrong", that it's a travesty against women, etc. etc. etc. Well, you know what? There are a lot of things that are a travesty to women that are/were perfectly acceptable in mainstream society. Corsets, hello? Choking the life out of a girl so she can have a waist a man can measure with his two hands - tell me how that is not a downright insult to human dignity. For God's sake, women are not pieces of clay! Okay, I'm off-topic now. Maybe I'm attracted to guys who revel in their masculinity because of my own state of affairs. See, I'm a certain type of girl...people have called me assertive (when they're being nice), some have called me aggressive (when they decided to downgrade from polite one level) and some have come right out and called me a loony, merciless [insert appropriate swear word]. Who's right? Well, they're all right! I'm the kinda girl who, if I'm on your side, I'd be willing to do just about anything (as long as its not illegal and doesn't hurt innocent bystanders) for you. Get on my blacklist however, and I will go for the jugular. My revenge motto? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...you're screwed. Weak, lily-livered metrosexuals - I think I'd make them run for the hills. I really like when you meet a guy and he's all nice and kind and gentle, but you can sense (or sometimes, witness), that dark, pulsing core of machismo, that potent, powerful center that means he can leap into action to protect you or...I don't know, rip your bodice off or defend the castle with a broadsword. That just makes me go weak in the knees. But, sigh, have yet to meet him and even if I did, I have a sneaking suspicion he might not be so enamored of foul-mouthed little old me, soft yet decidely unfeminine. Oh, well, thanks to Matthew Fox for spawning an entire entry that prompted me to reveal much more than you care to know and I cared to actually share. Still hate Lost.

Final thought: It was such a good quote, I'll just reiterate it: "Women will tell you that they want a man who's sensitive and emotionally available and caring - all these wonderfully soft, sort of feminine qualities. But at the same time, the reason women are attracted to men is that men have a very violent, base, intense, animalistic side."