I hate to admit it, but most of the younger women here - including myself - do not feel much empathy or compassion for men. Instead, we generally use men as a mirror to reflect our own vanity. And often we provoke their desires in cruel and capricious ways, simply for our own self-gratification. Only our children can inspire a true feeling of love within us - at least if we have normal maternal affections.

In reality, our primary interest in men is obtaining a life of comfort and security - both for ourselves and our children - which is why we still value marriage. And since younger men are becoming increasingly reluctant to marry, many of us are proclaiming to be anti-feminists to help assuage their fears and secure a long-term commitment.

Fortunately for women, men's sense of chivalry is still strong. Men are still eager to believe that women have a caring and unselfish nature. So by feigning compassion for men, we are likely to find a husband with good financial prospects - a husband whom we can always divorce if we become dissatisfied, while continuing to enjoy an affluent lifestyle.

That I'm afraid, is the real nature of women. Perhaps this page should be renamed, "The Myth of Female Beneficience". And yet, even though I am revealing our inner motivations, most men will despise me because they prefer a beautiful lie to a painful truth. However, in spite of my selfish instincts, I have spoken the truth - fully aware that you shall only heap derision upon me.