Has a point though... I don't know if anyone reading this has seen the "porn for women" book (or website maybe?) but it's basically a load of men doing housework. I saw it a while ago and chuckled, thinking that it probably was a sight that lots of women would appreciate. But actually, as the comic points out, that's a rather narrow view that does contain the underlying assumption that women are pretty damn concerned with housework: admittedly it's taking a light hearted view of it, but still, lots of women don't give a crap about whether they or a man does chores, and would in fact just like to see two people having sex. Though probably not as many as men... Porn's a bit weird really. I mean, ignoring the issues about whether the women involved are actually enjoying it etc etc, there's also the fact that whilst it's pretty accepted that men watch porn and probably talk about it together, it's so much more of a taboo for women. I don't think I'd ever feel comfortable talking about porn with a female friend (or a male friend for that matter, unless I was sleeping with them). In fact, I think I'm going to stop talking about it now... But still - thought for the day: women might just like watching people fuck, and why is this such a taboo thing? (Deep and meaningful fo sho).
Today I also read about the Bureaucracy of the US, and how although most politicians and citizens hate bureaucracy and think that it's inefficient and just generally shit, it's generally like that for a good reason, and the politicians actually get a lot out of it. You get this a lot over here as well, though probably not as much as we're not so terrified of socialism and a government that actually does stuff. People always seem to be complaining about govt departments and how rubbish they are, particularly social services. That always annoys me... For example with the case of "Baby P", when there was the whole uproar about how social services knew something was wrong but failed to act... maybe there were issues with people simply not doing their jobs properly (I dont know the case that well), but I think you also have to look at the very limited resources that the dept has, in contrast to the huge workload. What annoys me most about this though is that I would guess the same people who complain that social services didnt do enough are also the ones that complain that govt interferes too much in our lives. You can't have it both ways! This is basically the issue that the US system has - the people hate the idea of intrusive govt and a large bureaucracy, but they also hate the idea that their services might be cut. Turns out the govt gets around this by contracting to the private sector, so that it looks like they have cut the bureacracy whilst keeping the services.
Anyway, that's my little rant for today. Here's a picture from the front of my boat, cause I like it:
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