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By now you may have heard about Mr George Sodini, a computer programmer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who was fed up with being called a “nice guy.”

And did something about it.

Unfortunately, for everyone involved, shooting up a health club was NOT the right thing to do.

Sodini left a blog as well, with all sorts of details. It was his diary. His thoughts. A cursory overview of just as little as the media will let us see shows us an angry, desperate man, seriously out of touch with himself, with women, and with modern society at large.

The saddest part of the whole episode is that it’s totally unnecessary for any man with an internet connection to wallow in this state. Sure, George Sodini most likely had an old-fashioned upbringing. He probably didn’t have a terribly happy childhood, and almost certainly his parents were a little out of whack Children learn their social skills somewhere after all, and the usual place is in their home. He certainly didn’t know how to handle women.

But none of that – excuse my language – bullshit matters.

He was a man. No matter what society allows for anyone else, Franco, Joseph and I believe the hallmark of a man is taking responsibility for his actions.

If you’re reading this article, and anything that George Sodini wrote resonates with you, you need to get your game on point, RIGHT NOW. I don’t give a shit whether you continue to read Real Modern Man or not. I don’t give a shit whether this post pisses you off. I don’t give a shit about your lame excuses about why you won’t Take. Action. Now. to get right with yourself and get right with women.

YOU have even less excuse than George Sodini: you’ve been exposed to the technology you need to succeed with women.

YOU have the material you need to succeed. If not here on Real Modern Man, then just do a damn Google search on “seduction” or something. There’s thousands of web pages… more than you could ever read. Hundreds of products… more than you could ever need.

Go. Do it now. Get it together. No excuses.

For the rest of you gentlemen, which I hope and trust is the vast majority of you, we’ll be back to our (ir)regularly scheduled programming ricky tic.

And ladies: don’t tell a man he’s a “nice guy.” Tell him he needs to brush his teeth, or use a breath mint, or trim his nose hairs, or wear more fashionable shoes, or whatever. When you tell a man he’s a “nice guy” or a “good man” you’re not thinking of him at all. You’re selfishly brushing him off because you don’t have the courage or manners to politely and discreetly tell him the truth. And if you just can’t summon the courage, don’t say anything at all.

Read ‘Worthless’ gifts get the good girls first, then come back and we’ll talk about it.

Ok, you’re back. Good.

Here’s what’s going on:

1. Dr. Sozou and Dr. Seymour conducted a mathematical study about courtship.
2. Anna Goslin wrote a popular science article for New Scientist.
3. I’m writing about both the original study (Sozou and Seymour) and Ms Goslin’s article. So I’ll have comments about both.

You will see the following:

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Once again, women are subjected to public pressure concerning their sexual behavior.

Go read Cougars – unyoung women on the prowl in the San Francisco Chronicle, including the 150 comments.

This should not be news.

What women do, or not do, sexually or otherwise, really isn’t society’s business.

It’s not my business, nor is it your business.

But the mainstream media finds such activity titillating in the extreme. And makes it everyone’s business.

I find articles such as this one insulting to women. It’s 2009. Women are liberated, free to choose marriage, or not. Free to advance as far into a career as they wish… or not.

Or are they?

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Very Attractive Couple Smiling in Pure Bliss

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Actress Ok So-ri convicted of adultery

As the world economy melts down, a large number of what we consider our “enlightened” social mores or behavior is thrown right out along with demonstrably idiotic economic behavior. That is, humans cannot seem to keep from throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

One of South Korea’s most famous actresses was convicted of adultery Wednesday in a high-profile case that drew renewed attention to a decades-old law prohibiting extramarital affairs.

Ok So-ri, who was handed a suspended jail term, had lost a battle in October to have the ban declared unconstitutional.

The AP article (From sfgate.com) goes on to indict Confucianism as the social culprit, but I believe that is wrong. People familiar with Koreans know that a very conservative branch of Presbyterianism profoundly influences Korean culture.

A comment following the San Francisco Chronicle article is especially pertinent:

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. Confucius

What do you think: Will growing economic conservatism result in social conservatism?