Reluctant feminism

I remember reading somewhere that eventually, men will be extinct.

No, ladies, I'm not talking about the human race. It's men I'm talking about...the male of the species. Not too far in the future, our earthly remains will rest in peace in the world's sperm banks. Androids with positronic members will be instruments of satiation for Women's Lib(ido).

If all this seems too far-fetched, consider this:

• In Japan, an increasing number of women would rather stay single. Life is just less complicated that way, they say.
• "Love" has been proved to have the same symptoms as addiction, including dependence and withdrawal. So as long as the stimuli exist, the subject doesn't matter. And if you want to get rid of the addiction, that's OK, too...just eat more whole foods and you'll feel better.
  
• The media has already adopted the viewpoint, portraying successful marriages as miracles, and divorce as just another bump in the road, like an accident or a flat tyre.
  
• Role model women are Britney Spears (who gets married 'as a joke' and files for annulment a week later), Paris Hilton (who....oh, you know!) and the leading ladies of Sex and the City (who throw a fit even at being called 'girlfriend').
  
• Role model men are steroid-enhanced hunks with IQs in the negative, who keep their flat bellies even after kegs of beer. On the other end of the spectrum, stereotypifying the real world, are Homer Simpson and Drew Carey.
• 'Data', an android ("If you are referring to sexuality, I am... fully functional") from Star Trek: the Next Generation, has the highest (female) fan-following among all the characters on that series.

And if you think about the fact that women are capable of almost all the touted guy jobs, and still are the only ones who can deal with the physical aspect of the procreation of the species, I'll say that at this point men seem a lot more dispensable than women, and male chauvinism is little more than a lame excuse. Heck, even gay marriages are illegal.

Moral of the story: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Think, how can we be better than positronic androids with sculpted bodies, manufactured expression and zero maintenance? How are we more than our sperms (especially those of us that can't swim)?

Think. Our future depends on it.