Cheetah Woods

A lot of people have asked me how I feel about the Tiger Wood’s press conference that everyone saw today. (And by everyone, I mean that one friend who’s an attorney said that her firm postponed a conference call to watch the press conference).  I’m not going to go into the underlying issue, but only address the press conference.

1. I’m glad that he clarified the situation with his wife.  I don’t think that Elin needs to be villified in this situation.

2. I’m glad that he spoke up for his religion.  Many people said that he needed to convert to Christianity because the Buddhist faith allows encourages polygamy.  I’m glad that he squashed people’s ignorance about religion.

3. I’m glad that he told the media to leave the kids alone.  Their children have a lot to face by being celebrity kids, this matter will only make things worse.

4. I think that it’s whack that he didn’t take comments from the floor.  When you make a mistake of that magnitude, you need to answer to your decision.  He got off WAY too easily.  If he didn’t like a question, he should have just said [No Comment].  I mean Chris Brown even went on Larry King to field questions after the incident with Rihanna.

5. I think that it’s whack that he tried to justify what he did.  He said something to the effect of I worked hard, so I felt like I could have a little fun.  President Obama works damn hard too, but I hope that he doesn’t think that entitled him to cheat on the First Lady.  Many people work hard Tiger: Secretary of Education down to every teacher that principal and teacher.  That doesn’t make it right.  And you he knew that beforehand.  I have been informed that his father cheated on his mother, so maybe that’s where it came from.  But to blame it on success is a cop out.  It’s called discipline Tiger.  You know what discipline is from all the hours you’ve spent perfecting your swing.  The same thing applies to perfecting your approach toward monogamy.

My feelings for #4 & #5 outweigh the first three, so overall I think that the press conference only made me displike him more.

*Note that the views expressed in this post do not reflect the views of members of the Manogamy Movement, but that rather of Jarrod Jenkins in his individual capacity.

Golf balls that is.  A company called Creative Classics have come out with novelty golf balls depicting cartoon images of the faces of Tiger’s Twelve.  One of them, former porn star Joslyn James, has spoken out against the balls claiming that they would promote violence against women.

This is quite humorous to me.  1) a former porn star that 2) slept with a married man is 3) worrying about NOVELTY golf balls.  This means that you’re not supposed to play with them Joslyn.  Moreover, pornography is unquestionably more harmful to women and society as a whole than novelty golf balls.

Here’s the a video link too.

Source: Chicago Tribune

According to People Magazine, Tiger is getting some sex therapy.  Not the Robin Thicke type of sex therapy (which makes your condition worse).  No, he checked into The Meadows clinic in Wickenburg, AZ around New Years to get some help.  Sources say that he should be out around Valentine’s Day.

Good for you Tiger.

I don’t know what the hell a guyger is, but it rhymed, so I went with it.  Anyway, one of Tiger’s hoes Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, claims that Tiger had sex with guys in addition to his laundry list of hoes.  There’s no proof, however, and she’s the only one of his hoes that have witnessed him having sex with a guy.

She plans to get her Superhead on and release a tell-all book.  She wants to sell her story for $1 million.  I really don’t get this country/world.  Why the hell do we reward people for stuff like this.  We wonder why we have the Balloon Boys and Salahis of the world.

And to think I was naive enough to believe this story had run its course.

Source: RadarOnline.com

I swear this country is full of idiots.  Howard Stern wants to have some of Tiger’s hoes to come on the show and have a beauty contest.  I can only imagine what the talent portion would be like.

And what’s the prize? $100,000 in cash.  That’s chump change compared to what these media outlets are paying for a story.  And the sponsor? I’ll give you one guess…that’s right, The Agency Madison AIDSgency.

You can read the whole article here: http://www.camelclutchblog.com/howard-stern-tiger-woods/

Oh yeah, and if you haven’t heard by now, AT&T dropped Tiger Woods.  I didn’t even know he endorsed them.  Oh well…

If you’ve been watching TV or been to the movies lately, you’ve seen the trailer for the movie “It’s Complicated.”  The movie is about a man who cheats on his wife with a younger, more attractive woman –> Marries the young woman –> Then has an affair with his new wife with his old wife.

The movie has received 3 Golden Globe Nominations and comes out tomorrow.  My question is what kind of message does this send?  It’s okay to have an affair?  It’s okay to have an affair if it is with your ex.  There are PLENTY of movies where someone has an affair with a former lover (i.e. Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Notebook, etc.), but this movie is different because it is the premise of the entire movie.

It’s hard to reconcile the award nominations with our outrage with the Tiger Wood scenario.  People were upset when the news about Mistress #1 (Rachel Uchitel) broke.  Things only got worse when we heard about numbers 2,3,4…13. Alec Baldwin cheats two times in this one movie.  And based on the previews, we’re supposed to kinda like this guy.  I just don’t get people. SMH.

You all knew it was coming.  Rapper Maino releases the first (and probably not the last) rap song condoming Tiger Wood’s affairs entitled “Get Em Tiger.”  I would post the link, but that would further contribute to his tomfoolery.

Update: Here’s a link to the song and the interview between Maino and radio host Angela Yee.  Check out the interview; he has no shame.

Every decision we make is based upon a cost-benefit analysis.  There is a baseline presumption that humans are rational and rational individuals don’t act where the costs are greater than the benefits (costs>benefits).

For instance, you wouldn’t drive 50 miles just to save 5 cents per gallon on gas because you would have to calculate lost time, wear and tear on your car, lost gas from driving 50 miles, etc.

There aren’t many benefits involved with infidelity.  Yes there is the novelty and thrill-seeking value, but that’s about it.  The costs, however, are prohibitively high.  Divorce costs, damaged relationships with your wife and children, damaged reputation, cost in finding a suitable replacement for your significant other (because you may not want to marry the mistress), etc.

Therefore, in order for a man to cheat on his significant other the costs must be EXTREMELY LOW or the benefits must be EXTREMELY HIGH.  The costs are only going to be extremely low where a man thinks that there is no way that he is going to get caught.  Our “favorite” website, AshleyMadison.com, helps to drive down this fear/change.  So whenever Noel sits there and says that his website doesn’t encourage people to cheat, you know he’s BSing.  We all know that people would be less likely to cheat if the person knew that they wouldn’t get caught.

The second piece to the puzzle means that the benefits of cheating are extremely high.  This means that you are not happy in your relationship and being with someone else would make you that much happier.  From 1973-76, 69.6% of men said that they were very happy in their relationships.  However, during 2004-06, this figure dropped to 62.9%.  For every period studied from 1973-2006, women were less likely than men to be very happy in their marriage (National Marriage Project, http://www.virginia.edu/marriageproject/pdfs/2008update.pdf). Nevertheless, women do not cheat at nearly the same rate as men.  So what does this mean?  1) Women are better cheaters 2) Women have emotional affairs 3) There’s more of a stigma attached when women cheat 4) Women exhibit more self-restraint and/or 5) Women realize that the costs of cheating are too high.

Men can’t do anything about #1 or #2, but we can do something about the rest.  Men should be ashamed when they cheat.  It should not be something we feel comfortable telling our friends, much less bragging about.  Men must realize that we can’t do everything we want in relationships and that our private decisions have very public consequences.  Maybe it has to do with the fact that men don’t give birth to children that makes them willing to throw family away for a cheap thrill.  This change is only going to come about by us holding each other accountable and holding men to a new, higher standard.

Finally, in order to decrease the benefit of cheating, we must marry the right women.  I truly believe that if you marry the RIGHT woman, you won’t need to look at porn (hardcore or softcore).  You won’t constantly think to yourself, “dang, why doesn’t my wife look like that.”  Every guy has that one woman that he liked in school that didn’t given him the time of day.  You know that feeling that you got every time she came around.  That’s the kind of woman you need to marry (except your wife will actually give you the time of day).

I’ve never thought cheating was cool, but the primary reason I don’t cheat now is because I know I’d be a fool to do so.  There are plenty of guys waiting for me to mess up and I’m not going to do them that favor.  The standard is not finding someone that is more attractive, smarter, and/or more accomplished than your significant other.  In order for cheating to be deemed rational, you would have to have someone that would COMPLETELY TIP THE SCALES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.  That ain’t happening.  Ergo, I’m not going cheating.

In Tiger’s case, there’s no reason why he should have cheated on his wife.  This is going to cost him millions of dollars.  His wife is a former Swedish supermodel turned nanny (so she’s great with the kids).  I don’t know much about Elin’s past, but I know she’s not a prostitute.  And I don’t know much about her ability in bed, but I doubt that she’s that bad so that he has to go out and sleep with porn stars and cocktail waitresses.  One would expect that a porn stars good in bed, but remember that no man knows how good someone is in bed based upon their looks.  So you can’t even say beforehand that the benefit is worth it. Simply put, if costs>benefits, you’re an idiot.  Plain and simple.

I know this food for thought is deep, so chew on it before you digest.  Be sure to save room for Part 2.