Constant Possession of a Vagina

(c) 2010 F. Bruce Abel

My thoughts about Margaret Wente resemble those of Steve Martin in the following favorite of mine from The New Yorker:

Natural Gas Guru: Search results for steve martin: "It's easy to understand how one physical thing can influence another physical thing: my car hit your car because I was blinded by your shiny hair barrette. But what about emotional causality? Can my harsh words affect your mood, costing you millions of dollars that you would have earned behind the counter at Burger King? Apparently so. Several months ago, a male office worker was awarded sixty-seven thousand dollars because a female co-worker asked him if he would like her to drop his 'package' off at the post office; he was further awarded fifty thousand dollars after arguing that she was also in constant possession of a vagina, the knowledge of which rendered him unable to concentrate."