True that it’s a nutty idea, could do with much thinking through (if ever some rich entity decided to put it into action) but it’s the thought that counts, eh? Or whatever.

Peace

(and no, Biz, I think your gyndroids for cellmates approach is nutty… but interesting)
-wolfe.

Best,
-wolfe

Well, I’m not sure about that. I have noticed (and experienced myself) that good, respectful, innocent or otherwise extremely decent people of either gender will often be made to suffer constantly without any just reason as to why. The blame can be laid in a million different places.

I’m more for treating people as people: human beings all, regardless of gender. I don’t care about what’s between your legs, it’s what is in your mind that matters. After all a body is not a person, just a support system for the consciousness.

“Maybe an ANDROID is a better idea after all.”
—Chris

This might be totally off topic (and most likely a flawed suggestion on many levels) but what about such lifesize sextoys for men in prison? Oh, women too, they make male dolls as well. But I mean for those men who have not commited a sex crime, or perhaps especially for those men, (I don’t know) they should have a ‘companion.’

People give quite good reviews of these ‘dolls’ and I was thinking basically along the lines of: If a man’s stolen a car and been sentenced to years of jail, shouldn’t he be given one? Just a simple example… Inmates are given television and books and other things helpful to keep their minds occupied etc. But there are other needs/wants.

I know, there’s room for all kinds of trouble, but if you ever went to jail for YEARS for some crime that did not harm another human beings’ health/survival/wellbeing, you’d want a little more than your hand/same-sex cellmate for company. Or maybe not. But I think the option should be available.

Heh… Don’t worry dakota, I probably won’t post here again, especially not if you don’t want me to. Just a random suggestion. Since the topic was on artificial female companions, so to speak.

BUT!

Let a woman in your life . . . and your serenity is through,
she’ll redecorate your home,
from the cellar to the dome,
Then go on to the ENTHRALLING fun of overhauling YOU!

Let a woman in your life, and you’re up against a wall,
make a plan and you will find,
she has something else in mind,
and so rather than do either, you do something else that NIETHER likes at all.

You want to talk of Keats or Milton,
she only wants to talk of “Love”,
You go to see a play or concert,
you’ll spend it searching for her glove.

Let a woman in your life
and you invite eternal strife,
Let them buy their wedding bands
for those ANXIOUS little hands…
I’d be equally as willing
for a DENTIST to be DRILLING

. . . . than to ever let a woman in my life.

I’m a very gentle man,
even-tempered and good-natured
whom you’ll NEVER hear complain,
Who has the milk of human kindness
by the quart in every vein,
A patient man am I, down to my fingertips,
the sort who never could, ever would,
let an insulting remark escape his lips.
A very gentle man…

BUT!

Let a woman in your life, and patience hasn’t got a chance!
She will BEG you for advice
Your reply will be concise,
And she’ll listen VERY nicely, then go out and do PRECISELY what she WANTS!!!

You’re a man of grace and polish,
who never spoke above a hush,
Now all at once you’re using language
that would make a HOOKER blush!

Let a woman in your life,
and you’re plunging in a knife!!!
Let the others of my sex, TIE THE KNOT around their NECKS.
I’d prefer a new edition, of the Spanish Inquisition
than to ever let a woman in my life.

I’m a quiet living man,
who prefers to spend the evening in the silence of his room,
who likes an atmosphere as restful as an undiscovered tomb,
A pensive man am I, of philosophic joys,
who likes to meditate, contemplate,
free from humanity’s mad inhuman noise,
A quiet living man….

BUT!!

Let a woman in your life… and your sabbatical is through.
In a line that never ends
come an army of her friends,
Come to jabber and to chatter , and to tell her what the matter is with YOU!

She’ll have a booming boisterous family,
who will descend on you en mass,
she’ll have a large Wagnarian mother,
with a voice that shatters glass!

Let a woman in your life?
Let a woman in your life??
Let a woman in your life???

I shall never let a woman in my life.

- My Fair Lady (1964)

With regards to what you said above…..

Men don’t have “NEEDS”, they have “WANTS”. And that is why they are better suited and more capable to live without - and not complain -when things aren’t going their way. They don’t continualy ask themselves ‘if they are HAPPY’ the way women do. And that only ONE example of their simplicity I was referrring to earlier.

MEN don’t chase “happy”. Only women do that. Men are happiest when they are CONTENT. When women are ‘content’, they ruin everything by asking themselves (and their man) why they are not “happy”.

The real kicker to what you said above is that we want the same things… and NOTHING could be further from the truth. While all humans ‘want’ and ‘need’ a certain amount of respect, love, companionship and those on whom we can depend, a man is grateful for ANY amount of that which he receives. Women are not. Give a woman exactly what she NEEDS, WANTS, ASKS FOR and ADMITS TO and she will STILL not be satisfied… let alone “happy”.

This has been proven time and time again by every man I have ever known, in every situation I have experienced first-hand.

So….. are women like cats??

Cats are independent. They dont listen. They dont come when you call. They like to stay out all night. They come home and expect to be fed and stroked, then want to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women HATE in a MAN, they LOVE in a cat.

They sneak around, don’t get along with other cats, are attention hungry, are temperamental and enjoy being petted. Cats do what they want. They rarely listen to you. They’re totally unpredictable. They whine when they are not happy. When you want to play, they want to be alone. When you want to be alone, they want to play. They expect you to cater to their every whim. They’re moody. They leave hair everywhere.

Men on the other hand are a lot like dogs. They get along easier with other dogs, are loyal, horny and simply put, basic creatures. But just like men, dogs have one downfall… they chase cats / women.

I have never actually seen a dog catch a cat - let alone know what to do with one if they did - which makes me wonder why they even bother.

- C

I think that almost all human beings want to be loved, valued, accepted, they want to feel pleasure rather than pain, want to be happy rather than sad… I think it is safe to say that men and women, are not much different when you reduce their needs and desires into a simplistic explanation such as this. Yeah, men and women are quite simple creatures when you reduce them to this level.

Although we are all made of a similar clay we are all chipped and carved into an identity based on our DNA but also from our life experiences and society. Although this doesn’t change the core desires and needs of being human, it does change our beliefs as to how we are going to achieve these needs and desires. This is what builds individual complexity ontop of something that appears simple.

One person may believe in their religious faith and think that their faith in a high power helps to makes them happy, whereas another person may believe that finding fame and fortune would make them happy. Yet another person may think that being the centre of attention would make them happy…I know that even my explanation of this is far too simplistic.

Basically I don’t think men are simple creatures. Nor do I contest that women are complicated creatures either. I think men and women are both…I know this is a contradiction but that doesn’t make my point less valid. Human beings are on some levels simple but on other levels complicated - this contradiction in terms creates who we are as individuals… is it not possible afterall that we have conflicting desires at the same time?

Well, here is a shocker –> Yes they can. Men are so simple and LINEAR in their thinking that it would boggle a woman’s mind if she could only allow herself to understand HOW simple.

Not long ago…. I had a thought while petting a freinds dog while a screaming fire engine went by. And I said “GOD I would hate to be a DOG! They must have a zillion questions in their heads and you cant explain the answer to them”.

DOG: “What is that wierd white stuff that randomly falls from the sky, and why do I shiver when I spend too much time outside? Why is that BIG RED thing on the road making all that noise?? What is that smell (bacon) and I why do I crave it so much.” This must drive dogs INSANE!!!!

Then I realized that a dog’s mind is NOWHERE NEAR that complex. They are concerned about 3 things only….

CAN I EAT IT?
CAN I FUCK IT?
CAN I PISS ON IT.

And THAT’S ALL! Every situation and every moment of a dog’s life is spent answering those questions and no others. Can I eat it? Thats number one - for their survival. Can I fuck it? That’s for pleasure and instinctual reproductive behavior…. and if the answer is NO to BOTH of those questions….. “THEN I MAY AS WELL JUST PISS ON IT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.”

And then it starts all over again. So simple everything else is completely ignored. No further questions or concerns. Observe your dog…. that’s all he cares about. Linear. Simple. Just like a man who needs to get his simple things done and move on to the next thing. And, all the while …. dogs are eager and willing to please and offer love in return.

Now let’s look at CATS….. WOMEN!

They have claws and they will use them to get where they need to get. They dont care if they scratch you on the way there. They will maniplulate you into feeding them by purring, being affectionate and cute and once you give it to them they retreat to the corner to begin pruning & licking themselves. Literally. They are not concerned about giving you affection. They are content to do not very much at all.

DOGS ARE LOYAL “EMPLOYEES” WHO WILL MEET YOU AND GREET YOU WITH A WAGGING TAIL, EAGER TO PLEASE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, AND ARE CAPABLE & PREPARED TO OFFER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

CATS HAVE STAFF.

- C