The Western Woman’s 10 Stages Of Having It All

I shamelessly stole this from the brilliant Dalrock (Losing control of the narrative. | Dalrock) and revised it a little.



1. Earn feminist street cred by getting a college degree and/or ‘career’; and:

2. Having sex with the most attractive men who are willing to have sex with you. After a decade or so of this:

3. Marry a nice, socially acceptable, reliable man who provides the financial support and social status of wife and perhaps mother. Once you get out of this what you want:

4. Find yourself (because these things are never planned they ‘just happen’) involved in an affair or otherwise discover that you are unhaaapy, and are somehow “trapped in a broken, hellish marriage!” Many women prefer to savor this step for some period of time, perhaps even for many years. There is power and drama here and the next step contains risk.

5. Find yourself forced to divorce the bad man who made you unhaaapy and/or made you have an affair.

6. Bask in the drama and the tidal wave of support that the Validation Machine® is obliged to provide to all newly divorced women/mothers who have been so grievously wronged by their ex husbands and the cruel patriarchal society, family, religion, etc. which forced them to marry the wrong man.

7. Begin exclusive relationship with affair partner (AP) and quickly move on to stage 8(a); or if no affair or affair has ended, have sex with the most attractive men who are (still) willing to have sex with you. Since this attempt at reliving the glory of your twenties is typically a disappointment, quickly move on to stage 8(b):

8. (a) Marry affair partner thus returning you to the higher social status of wife or (if no affair or affair has ended); (b) find your wealthy, successful, high-status hunky soul mate who insists that you marry him, thus returning you to the higher social status of wife.

9. Bask in the righteous empowerment of your struggle, victory and rebirth as a (finally) fulfilled and happy woman. YOU! GO! GUURRRRLLLLL!!!

10. Enjoy the remainder of your days as a strong, courageous, revered and beloved mother and a wise, honorable wife and salt of the earth pillar of the community.

When it doesn’t all go according to plan? -- cats, wine, antidepressants and good vibrations.