- Reflected in a movie scene memorable for both simplicity and enchantment, screenwriter William Anthony McGuire knew in the 1930s how to express the female nature in both concepts and words. The 1936 movie “The Great Ziegfeld” has William Powell playing Flo Ziegfeld. In the proposal scene, he describes how he loves her but has nothing to offer, he’s broke. Myrna Loy playing Billie Burke responds thusly: “That’s not enough! I demand part of your ambition, half of your troubles, two-thirds of your worries, and all of your respect.”
- Men listen, but they don’t heed people they don’t respect. Women can listen, heed, and learn to respect someone simply from what they say.
- Men often want to be alone. Women too but with somebody.
- Parents can’t pass to the next generation qualities they don’t have. Once cultural pressures on moral character decline, shortcomings in self-respect, -esteem, -image, -love, -worth, -confidence, -importance for women, and -admiration for men worsen with the generations that follow.
- A man’s love is all about life. A woman’s life is all about love.
- Without female love to civilize male behavior, males primarily work to earn the admiration of men by thoroughly dominating women and dictating the future of children.
- As the result of aging for eight decades, I figured out why God makes us age. Through aging we learn that we can live with anything.
10/24/2012 · 10:16 am
Sir Guy, your very last statement leaves me pondering. I think it is accurate – provided we are 1.) at peace with God and 2.) true to personal values. I am “pondering,” because a recent occurrence has caused me inner turmoil and frustration. My wrestling has caused me to return to the questions, “Before God, what constitutes right behavior on my part?” and “What is the main purpose for my life, and how is that best lived out?” (In other words, the practical, daily choices.) In pondering, I realize that the recent occurrence is nothing. I can “live with it,” by ignoring it – not participating in it, even in my thoughts – and moving on with the choices that contribute to the main purpose for my life. Thank you for the mental prod!
Your Highness Sharon,
You’re welcome. As for a mental prod, it wasn’t intended that way. Just a reminder to stay light hearted and you can learn, adjust, or tolerate just about anything thrown your way.
Guy
“without a womans love, males work to earn the admiration of men” that is the problem young ladies have today. It takes MEN though to tell these males to man up. I notice that MEN tend to be married after age 25 or so and males do not~~it seems to hard for ladies to find gentlemen unless they start wearing dresses that hit slightly below the knee. I have seen how MEN respond to Ladies that are in dresses….they get all kinds of respectful looks and smiles