Here’s a snippet from Ms Tytania’s insightful response to a somewhat misguided article at SheLovesSex.com about the perks of finding a “beta male”.

“…Gentlemen: I’ve read many times about the shy, sociably inept male who describes himself as beta, a substitute for “submissive”. If you think that submissiveness means being a useless, unworldly child in search for a mother substitute, then you got it all wrong. Even today, it takes a lot of courage for most men to acknowledge that they don’t want to be testosterone-led beasts. In my experience, rugger-buggers take it up the arse from a lady and IT geeks have stables of panting slave girls. And none of them are alpha nor beta.

This article validates choosing second best, perpetuates clichés of school jocks and geeks (very American), and tells you that being the most popular girl at school is an aspiration that you should bring into your adult life. And that if you can’t keep a jock to parade on your arm, grit your teeth and walk tall in the company of that boy who isn’t that great, but if he likes you and appreciates you, you should reward him with the joys of your poon. A woman should be grateful for any validation she can get, from anyone, and anywhere. Sexual validation, and in great quantities, is key.

Feminism? I don’t think so.”

Ms Tytania’s full blog post here.