That's a Solution

I have a friend who went on vacation and came home to find his house overrun by ants. He deeply considered setting his house on fire to rid it of ants. While that is a solution, it's probably not the best solution.

Apparently, the Playful Walrus, back from indeterminate haitus, belongs to the burn-down-the-ants-and-the-house club as well.

Even though Walker said otherwise, apparently men and women are still different and marital roles still matter. Randy Dotinga reports via HealthDay that when a woman earns more than her male partner, infidelity by either is more likely.

A new study finds that men are more likely to cheat if their income is much lower than what their wife or female partner makes, while women are more likely to fool around if they make more than their husband or male partner.

Well, PW, it could be that women and men are not inherently different in this way, but rather socialized differently. (We are. Socialized very differently, that is. and that's not what the Prop 8 decision said, anyway. Shut up.) Hell, the difference could simply be that in this situation, the man has more free time on his hands, and the woman is running into more men at work. I have no idea, but your solution to the problem is . . . a solution.

Most women marry men who earn more than they do. This could be another reason for women to continue do so.

Oh, I see. Women should lower themselves to prevent infidelity. It's always the woman's problem, isn't it? How 'bout this: women shouldn't go to college anymore, because people who have degrees make more money, and if women don't have degrees, they can't make more money than their husbands.

In fact, women shouldn't even work at all. That'll stop the infidelity.

Asshat.