quote of the moment

"deep down, i find women attractive, but not ... i don't want to pair with one, i don't want below the belt. i like objectifying them, seeing only beauty and bodies and sexuality -- i don't find women attractive for 'themselves'/minds-- which i do, and pretty much only do, for men ... i think it's a copout to say it's solely culture that has 'made' me this way, but ours lets us look at and admire women, to think of them this way... so maybe it's that, too."

"i don't like women for their minds. i can't imagine myself with a woman for anything but sex."

-- both are unedited i.m. comments of an american female friend, 27, mother of a 2-year old son and self-declared feminist