Archive for July, 2010

Dating Russians – What’s Wrong with Russian Men?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Let me answer this question the way I see it: absolutely nothing. I find a lot of Russian men to be pretty great.

I’m in Moscow for the third time in two years, and prior to my first visit, here’s what I heard from numerous sources:

1.) Russian men are awful (behave badly and boorishly), which is why Russian women prefer American men.

2.) The ratio of Russian men to women is lower than most countries due to alcohol-related deaths so they are forced to seek husbands abroad.

3.) Russian women are “feminine” and accommodating and thus put their relationships with men first, over their careers.

So here I am, wondering: where are all the women who want to leave this country? Among the well-educated, employed women I’ve met, not a single one dreams of leaving.

Things are actually pretty good here if you have a decent job. More and more women have decent jobs. The men I’ve met (in the high tech sector, so admittedly more educated than average) are also smart as heck, quite funny, handsome and they’re hard workers. So where are the nasty ones who beat their wives when they drink? Maybe I’m only meeting the best guys, but it does make me wonder why more American women aren’t interested in Russian men. (See pg 168, chapter 11 of DFFP “Exotic Imports” for the benefits of importing a guy – link to the Kindle version here).

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Why a New Mosque Should be Built in New York City

Monday, July 19th, 2010

or, How to Encourage Islamic Feminists

Last night I returned from a safe, wonderful, charming Islamic country. I was there with my two children aged ten and thirteen, along with a girlfriend, her husband, and their three children ages four to fourteen. Sometimes people ask me why I take my children out of the country every year on vacation. I usually say, “Because I don’t want them to grow up as cultural bigots.” Now I can be more specific and say, “Because I would be horrified if they turned out to be as ignorant and intolerant as Sarah Palin.”

Sarah Palin

Read this article about Sarah Palin’s protest regarding the possibility of a religious sanctuary being built near the site of the World Trade Center. Sarah Palin says a mosque would not only be inappropriate but crushingly insensitive.


Does this mean that Sarah believes Islam caused 9/11? Is she with Mel Gibson on the “Holocaust never happened” thing too?

Mel Gibson

I realize that I may seem an unlikely advocate for Islam, but when it comes to women’s rights, some Muslim countries are catching up fast. The way I see it, we have the choice of either shunning them or encouraging them. I’d prefer we did the latter, as I can think of no better way to demonstrate to Taliban and Palestinian women, who watch their sisters being beaten and murdered every day, that Islam is not the culprit; evil men are (see DFFP chapter 15 page 249 for more details on the negative effect of fundamentalism on women).


Not to mention the fact that Morocco is an impressive country for reasons listed below. Sorry Sarah, but in some ways it appears healthier than America does. True, many Muslim men worldwide are reluctant to give up their male prerogatives, but this doesn’t make them evil or crazy – just a little lazy. In fact they remind me of some Americans – Muslims, too, prefer double standards and indentured servitude when they can get away with it. Fortunately Islamic Feminists (see this interview with Asra Nomani who practices “gender jihad”) are alive and kicking, and most Western women support them in spirit (excepting perhaps Sarah Palin). (more…)

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