Why do the execs at Overstock.com put orgasmic women in their TV commercials? Does this garbage really sell surplus inventory? I find the gratuitous sexual overtones annoying and insulting to women, and it makes me not want to buy Overstock.com’s products. In fact, I hate these Overstock.com commercials as much as the new one Buick does where the pretty black girl feels her ass for 60 seconds, in four different outfits, while dreaming about owning this GM car that used to be the province of Tiger Woods.

When we can’t be clever, let’s be stupid. I know that sex sells, but c’mon… If I want to watch women coming, I’ll tune in to the Playboy Channel.

What do you think?

Marc H. Rudov
Author/Publisher
The Man’s No-Nonsense Guide to Women
(ISBN 0974501719)

On December 9, 2004, in episode 14 of The Apprentice, I saw something so silly I had to write about it. Kelly, the software exec from Carlsbad, CA, and Jennifer M., the securities litigator from San Francisco, entered the boardroom as the final competitors. As they approached the table, where Trump patiently awaited them, Kelly pulled out the chair for Jen. What?!?!?!? Jen wants nothing more than to kick Kelly’s ass. Why would he do that? Jen is his peer. Why chivalry, in 2004, especially at work?

Jen said in a solo vignette that Kelly doesn’t have what it takes to run one of Trump’s businesses. Kelly likewise said that Jen hasn’t a creative or organizational bone in her body. Moreover, he can’t stand her. He said he does everything possible not to share space in any room with her. Yet, he pulled out her chair. Why? Stupid. He doesn’t owe her that gesture any more than she owes him a poured cup of coffee. Unfortunately, such old-fashioned behavior is ingrained in Kelly’s socialization.

By the way, in my opinion, neither is qualified to work for Trump. Jen is contemptible and will get eaten alive by enemies far and wide. Kelly is married to his spreadsheet. Neither knows how to engender loyalty and support — both attributes needed for success. At the end of this episode, it was clear that neither team wanted its boss to succeed. Not good.

Tell me what you think about extending chivalry to a woman who is your equal and wants to eliminate you.

Marc H. Rudov
Author/Publisher
The Man’s No-Nonsense Guide to Women
(ISBN 0974501719)

A few weeks ago, I published “Can Men and Women Really Get Along?” — an article based on the eye-opening keyword searches that have brought both male and female romance-seekers to my site over the past year or so, usually via Google.

On my Website statistics this morning, I noticed a standout keyword search, one that a woman obviously wrote, which warrants an entry in my NoNonsenseDating.com blog: Why no man wants a woman in her 40s? Wow, what a loaded and sad question. This is a situation in our culture that, unfortunately, does exist, but there is absolutely no excuse for it. Forty-something women are in their prime: they still have a lot of youth and energy, and they have the savvy, security, sophistication, and self-confidence that make them interesting, fun, and great partners for peer-based relationships.

There is a two-part caveat, however: if you are a forty-something woman who is 1: freshly divorced, bitter, out of shape, and on a mission to avenge your ex-husband, or 2: never-been-married and desperately seeking a father of your theoretical children (read about women seeking sperm donors in my book, The Man’s No-Nonsense Guide to Women: How to Succeed in Romance on Planet Earth), you will be home, alone every weekend. You will not be desirable.

To be fair, many women in their forties complain about “weirdo” men in their 40s and 50s who have never been married, are dysfunctionally attached to their children, or are incapable of accepting emancipated, successful women — or some combination thereof. Yes, there are plenty of men like that. Alas, these women feel that they are running out of options and have all but turned off to dating altogether (until their libidos take over and they venture out again).

I think, regardless of your age, if you are interesting, warm, energetic, physically appealing, positive, proactive, generous, and discrminating, you always will find partners with similar attributes. Birds of a feather, as they say…

If you have an opinion, please tell me what you think in this blog.

Marc H. Rudov
Author/Publisher
The Man’s No-Nonsense Guide to Women
(ISBN 0974501719)