Outside the Beltway

Men and Women National Review Loves

James Joyner · Tuesday, February 14, 2006 · 1 comment

In honor of Valentine’s Day, NRO has compiled companion lists of Men We Love and Women We Love from contributors of the opposite sex.

The striking thing about the lists, aside from their ideological tilt, is that the women almost all chose men whose names are instantly recognizable while almost all of the men chose very obscure figures. Why that is, I haven’t a clue.

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

arky says:

Wednesday, 15 February 2006 at 00:29

“almost all of the men chose very obscure figures. Why that is, I haven’t a clue.”

Maybe by picking the obscure, there’s a chance of having one to ourselves, at least figuratively. Picking the well-known might be akin to picking the slut everyone’s already had.

I’m just sayin’…