I can think of nothing grosser than dating advice catered to men that treats women like livestock to be broken in, tamed, and manipulated, and be milked for sex like cows. Unfortunately, that is all advice that Oz actually gave to male readers and listeners! In a 2009 column for Esquire, he told men to “start foreplay” earlier with nice acts for their wives: “Think ahead. Foreplay for women starts the day before. For men, it’s about six minutes before you have sex. If you want to have sex tomorrow, do something nice today…Like most males, if I start foreplay about a half hour ahead of time, I get nothing.”
But wait, there’s more! In another Esquire column (Esquire, why??), he advised his readers: “Give her some chocolate. Don’t mention that you’re giving it to her because chocolate contains phenylethylamine, tryptophan, and anandamide, which have been shown to elicit horniness. Women love chocolate.” Not only does this sound like the twisted cousin of a “women be shopping” routine, he apparently thinks women will do whatever you want in exchange for a little treat.
And proving that none of this is about women’s pleasure or enjoyment, he also told the magazine that men shouldn’t wear deodorant or antiperspirants, instead having woman smell their “pure, fresh sweat” to make them fall in love. Something tells me not a single woman was consulted for any of this advice, and I get it—why bother??? Clearly we’re just animals who lack opinions and preferences about these things!