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Tom Swift's avatar

This really is the hard truth that few care to admit, and I must give you credit for daring to present it in such a cohesive and clear manner. However, I would disagree with your assertion that the concepts you advance have no bearing on your proverbial Kansan. The homeschooled Midwesterner is unfortunately going to encounter the seamier side of modern culture whether he likes it or not, especially if he has a high I.Q. and a wandering mind. He does not handle its women well, as I can relate from the experiences of far too many friends and acquaintances. Therefore, these erstwhile homeschoolers are perhaps the most likely to benefit from essays that spell out the rules of the modern dating environment in explicit terms. However, I do not yet know how many of them will find your social commentary, or if they did, would be able to square it with their own values. Too many of them would take one look at the title and mentally fast-forward on to something more palatable. I sometimes think I should try to translate these concepts into something that would not get me excommunicated.

I must admit, the Mr. Darcy analogy is a good one for your brief description of the Trad environment. A pleasant aspect of the women there is that they are in fact avid Austen novel readers, and emulating the hero's behavior therein does work.

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PowellMajors's avatar

So did anyone actually read this?

Did you count the punctuation marks?

There were only 7.

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