As our country goes to pot, I find myself more focused on personal matters, such as this hopeful item I read on MSN.com:
Researchers have identified a molecule called osteopontin, which is a potential game-changer for people who are losing their hair.
That’s good news for fellows like me, whose hair has been slowly receding for years.
For most of human history, you see, the roles of men and women were clearly defined. Since basic survival was so difficult, the division of labor was very clear and imprinted on our DNA.
Thus, men tended to perform the tasks that required size and strength. We wrestled bear and elk, plowed fields and defended our families from plunderers.
If a man was highly skilled in these areas, his baldness didn’t matter. The ladies were still attracted to him.
Women, on the other hand, tended to manage other important tasks, focusing on the homestead.
Because there was more work for both men and women than there was time in the day, men and women didn’t argue much over who did what and generally appreciated each other.
But as the technological revolution took hold, fewer jobs required strength and brawn. Technology made household chores much easier to accomplish. Women began working the same jobs men did just as well and often better.
Today, women have made tremendous advances. They’re doing way better than their male counterparts in advanced education and excelling in high-paying professions in the big metros.
Which is why bald men are in so much trouble.
In the old days, women chose to consort with dull men of high moral character, so long as they were a doctor or CPA.
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