I couldn’t decide what part to clip, so here’s the whole post.

Recently my friend, a MIT graduate student, told me that MIT has a charm school for guys, to learn social skills and how to woo women.

I am skeptical that attendance would be high. (Any MIT people want to confirm or deny?) Most guys I know who would most benefit from this service are also the ones most likely to shun it. Their motivation is lower than their actual skill. The low motivation is probably what led to the undeveloped skills in the first place.)

These guys say things like, “Why should I lend a woman my jacket when we’re out at night? She should’ve thought ahead and brought her own jacket!”

The logic is reasonable, so it is usually useless to argue.

Misha says his retort to all these arguments is, “Dude, do you ever want to get laid?”

That would make a good tagline for the MIT charm school for men.