Illogical Thinking Analysis

We are bombarded by illogical thinking on a day to day basis. Every time I surf the internet or pick up a random magazine at the checkout line, I am subjected to constant examples of poor thought processes that often times border on ridiculous. Most recently I found two articles that I found to be highly illogical. By using critical thinking, I will be able to analyze the issues revolving around the illogical thinking in these articles and what some of these implications may be. The first article I found was called "10 Traits Men Look for in a Girlfriend" from a women's website called iVillage. The purpose of the article was to find out exactly what men are looking for in a good partner by "dishing about the 10 traits that every man is
Although this should be a very personal, moral decision, the articles have both twisted the reasons not to have sex around. For instance, the 10 Traits article says that "when women have sex, they release a hormone called oxytocin (also referred to as "the cuddle hormone"), which some scientific researchers believe makes women feel extra warm and fuzzy for their partners." Therefore, the article's advice is to wait at least one month into the relationship before being intimate with your new man lest you inflate the significance of your relationship and cause your man to "bolt". However, from the perspective of the 8 Things, the article says "women know they can control men with their sexuality. They know that most men will do anything for even a chance." It then explains the implications of the situation as handing her total control on a plate. Although the article says it in a slightly lewder way, the justification of the abstinence is that you must maintain control of the situation by using sex as a power card. Again, the fact that people actually sat down to write this stuff amazes
To think that there must be men and women out there that are honestly buying into this amazes me. I can see how both sexes could read this and set themselves up for relationship failure. When people start to try and be who they think others want them to be, they lose themselves in the process. And who is to say that this is what the other sex wants from them anyway? These articles make very broad generalizations and then create tactics based on what they think the general wants and needs are. When people start falling into these games and tricks, it is my belief that it spirals out of control. Personally, I know that I wouldn't have the patience or even the capacity to be in a relationship with such an apparent power struggle. I'd much rather be myself and be accepted for how I am and accept my partner for how he is rather then waste so much time and energy in trying to behave in the "right"