December 4, 2012
It just dawned on me that I might someday have grandchildren (though the prospect does not excite me), and, I probably shouldn’t be as vulgar and coarse as I sometimes am in forthcoming OP-EDs; for fear of compromising a potentially great Grand Pappy relationship (unless we get to a place where we are ALL talking like I am wont to). So I nixed the original title (regular readers know where to find it) of this attempt.
I also thought that I might have to “couch” this piece in metaphor and allegory – much like Melville and Hawthorne did in most of their fictions (my favorites being ‘I and My Chimney’ and ‘The Birthmark’) because both-of-them were scrutinized by their spouses. But such an undertaking (writing metaphorically) could take me an eternity to finish…so I opted for more of a genteel approach on the effect of oxytocin on the male (just in case the Little Lady reads this someday and takes umbrage with its content).
A few years ago I wrote a piece entitled: “When the Brain Exits the Little Head,” and, at-the-time, I suggested that the sensation of fidelity or faithfulness is perhaps a combination of factors like age; satisfying sex; and, multiple sexual experiences…I have never stopped wondering whether something about fulfilling sex made a strong impact on the faithfulness of the male – particularly with the ingestion of what I shall describe as “love juice.”
And lo and behold – German sex researchers (sex scientists?) have recently released research that suggests that the ingestion of oxytocin – a hormone which becomes part of the woman’s sexual fluid discharge causes men to be more closely attached to an attractive women. The researchers noticed that men full of oxytocin would sit closer to an attractive woman than those who weren’t given oxytocin; which seems to rule out physical attractiveness as the key to male attachment for a woman: it’s that oxytocin that creates the “bonding” reaction of the male.
So there might be a biological explanation to the “original title” of this piece.
A man considered PW’d tends to be ridiculed by his friends…but when you think about it – what do guys really do when they get together: (1) Participate in some type of physical activity and get wasted and chase women; (2) Get wasted and chase women; and, (3) Chase women? Group male activities can cost as much (or much more) than simply trying to keep one woman happy.
But ladies, you do have a responsibility in keeping your man PW’d…you’ve got to keep your man drinking your love juice when it’s flowing. So if you are truly invested in your relationship, you have to keep your landing strip free of ice; and, clean from debris that would hinder a successful landing. Having a slippery landing strip, however, is highly desirable – as the male plane is uniquely designed to function and brake under slippery conditions – but absolutely key is: when the love juice has been tapped – he needs to drink long and hard.
If the ladies can accomplish this, they will probably see their man behaving as I do: admiring the female aspect in all women, and their inherent feminine beauty, but not interested in stopping for a drink – because I know the bar at home can be opened at any time.