I thought you all might find it interesting (if you haven't heard about it
already) that Jane Larsen, a Univ. of Wisconsin law professor, has proposed
a novel concept, the "tort of sexual fraud", which would allow people to
sue each other over broken romantic promises. I guess my immediate question
is whether anyone is ever competent to form a romantic contract.
Here's the obligatory MG content, in the form of advice to all single
people: don't give any Andrea Dworkin types a ride in your MG...if you hurt
her feelings with an implied promise, she might be driving it instead of
you.
The understatement of the year, from a book Larsen co-authored with another
law professor: "History gives strong evidence that, however culturally
constructed and malleable sexual desire may be, there is some minimum of
heterosexual desire within the human population...In most eras of Western
(not Eastern? My comment) History, both women and men have been recognized
as feeling powerful sexual drives, very often for each other." It's a good
thing we have sociologists, now isn't it?
How's that for a Valentine's Day quote? This article I'm reading is in this
month's Playboy, by the way. See, some people do read the articles.
Cheers, safety fast, and all that,
Nevin
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