As usual, any characteristics specific to men are put in the most pejorative light possible. In his article concerning the myth of the Asian fetish, Ray Fishmen states: “We males are a gender of fragile egos in search of a pretty face and are threatened by brains or success that exceeds our own.” Yet when it was discovered that women show a much stronger preference for men of their own race, he somehow managed to refrain from calling them bigots. Curious. When it was reported that women place a greater premium on intelligence and ambition (both of which are euphemisms for “greater earning potential”) Mr. Fishmen refrains from calling women shallow, money-grubbing gold diggers. Curious.

Bill Rogers