A wise man once said “Men are only as loyal as their options”. Have truer words have ever been spoken? Bill Maher has made a living out of saying what everyone else is thinking but too afraid to admit. He intelligently delivers our own thoughts back to us, making us at once laugh and feel okay about our politically incorrect, judgemental attitudes. Thank. You. Bill. The point being made with this quote is that as long as women still find the likes of Sean Connery and Robert Redford attractive, the disparity between the perceived attractiveness of the sexes as they get older will persist. Mick Jagger has relations with young women because he can. Ergo your husband or boyfriend doesn’t cheat because his options are limited, not because he is loyal. But Maher is not the subject of this entry, his declaration about loyalty is. Specifically women’s loyalty.
Recently the movie Slumdog Millionaire and its cast have received excessive attention, taking home lots and lots of Oscars. As expected, when unknowns ascend the Hollywood ladder and steal the limelight from others people go digging for a story to dislodge them from their pedestal perch. Queue Freida Pinto and the stories of her deserting her (now) ex-husband. Given that Bill has yet to touch on this subject I would like to take this opportunity to defend Pinto, with six simple words. Look at the picture of him. In no way is this intended to be a malicious or mean-spirited attack on Rohan, but please. Should the reports be accurate, I don’t know how he ever got her. She is an exceptionally attractive woman and he is hard on the eyes. I can already hear you mumbling about her becoming famous and hence her options have increased ten-fold. Still. There is no way. Think about the couples you know and the noticeable inequality in their looks, incomes, character etc. Now multiply that by a trillion and you are getting close to Pinto and Rohan, BEFORE she got famous. I guess my point is that the attacks on Freida are unfair and unwarranted. This, my friends, is not an example of deserting or disloyalty but social Darwinism. The species is just trying to correct itself.
As for Bill Maher, if you have nine minutes I implore you to watch the clip below. If you have more time, just keep clicking on other videos. I love this man. I really, really do.
JLM
