> There's no need to flatter blatant sexism with the dignity of honest argument. Indeed, there is nothing to be gained by doing so. If you think it's so out of

> There's no need to flatter blatant sexism with the dignity of honest argument. Indeed, there is nothing to be gained by doing so. If you think it's so out of line then why engage on that same level by replying with a bunch of "nope"? I fail to see how his comment is blatantly sexist. If anything it's insulting both sexes equally and craps on the institution of marriage more than anything else. Yes, his comment was unnecessarily cynical and we all know how well that goes over here when not directed at an approved boogeyman (BigCo, Congress, etc) but you can easily walk that cynicism back by replacing "down payment" with "signalling commitment" and "sex" with one of the other upsides to a stable marriage and the meaning is unchanged.