Mencken on Men
January 20, 2010
H.L. Mencken
“In the duel of sex, woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.”
“A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.”
“A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.”
“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
“No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.”
— Comments —-
Lisa writes:
We have been tricked by Marxists into thinking that there must be a duel of sex. And women fight from an inner tube behind a paper dreadnought against a man in an open raft. It amazes me more all the time how little each sex realizes how vulnerable the other is. Each sees the other as more invincible since their natures are different.
I am speaking on an individual psychological level. Legally, men are very much at the mercy of a no-fault divorce court machine gone amuck, for example.
Laura writes:
Mencken’s comment is refreshing in light of the myth of female oppression, which shapes contemporary laws, institutions and morals. He knew it was a lie.
Michael S. writes:
“In the duel of sex, woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.”
True. But even dreadnoughts can be sunk (consider the Bismarck and the Tipitz.) Ah, air power.
Fitzgerald, who sent the Mencken quotes, writes:
Here’s more grist for the mill:
“A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses.”
Laura writes:
Ha!
