Not my best writing, but I needed to get this off my chest. (Written by Suz.)

In case you didn't know, Ash and I are both single and somewhat recently came out of relationships.  We're at that exciting dating limbo stage where the number one goal as far as the opposite sex is concerned is to play the field without serious involvement or attachment. 

Somehow we forgot to read the manual...

I will be the first to admit that Ash is much better than me in this arena.  I can barely look at someone without growing attached to them, and I'm absolutely awful at turning people down.  So when we go out, I generally just consider my number one relationship the one I have with the drink in my hand and let her do the heavy flirtation.

Best.  Decision.  Ever. 
Hopefully she won't get mad at me for posting about her like this (sorry Ash) but in her recent dating life, she has managed to uncover dud after dud.  I'm talking about attractive and sociable young men who SEEM like they would be normal enough... If "normal" means leaving horror-movie style voicemails on a girl's phone or trying to sneak attack women with your penis.  These "men" are the most disappointing either of us have ever encountered consecutively, which makes me wonder what exactly we're putting in our milkshakes that brings so many sketchy boys to the yard.  (Ha.  Clever.)

I have a theory.  If proven true, this theory could help explain why poor behavior among men has become so socially acceptable in the college environment.  I'll begin my explanation by telling a true story.

Once upon a time there was a girl who drank too much.  And living near that girl was a very nice boy named Arthur who did not have a drinking problem.  Sometimes, after the girl (we'll call her "Snuggle Bandit") got in from a long night of binge drinking, she would wander over to Arthur's place, knock on his door, and ask to come in and "hang out," AKA sleep.  Arthur would usually laugh at how stupid Snuggle Bandit was but let her pass out on his chest anyways. This happened on several occasions.  Though she spent many nights with him, he NEVER took sexual advantage of her drunken state.  Because of this, Arthur was revered by all females who heard this tale and was declared to be an incredible guy.  The end.

I'm not saying anything negative about Arthur.  Arthur was and still is a great guy for reasons other than his generosity towards Snuggle Bandit.

The issue at hand is the fact that not "taking advantage" of a drunk girl is now considered rare. (And let's face it.  Most girls have had one of those nights where she's forgotten her limits and found herself defenseless against creepers.  At least once.)

 Exhibit B:  The other night, Roommate #3 got absolutely wasted and essentially threw herself at one of her guy friends... we'll call him "Paul Bunyan."  Fortunately, he put her to bed and left our apartment, no funny business involved.  My initial thought when I heard about this?  "What a nice guy!"

What a nice guy for... being a decent human being?  Have our standards really become so low that we think it's something really special when a guy behaves like a gentleman?  Is it really so unusual when a guy doesn't have an uncontrollable desire to put his penis in a girl so wasted that she's practically unresponsive? 

You know you want it.

This is just another example of my own twisted thought process concerning common standards for "nice men."  So no wonder men seem to be evolving backwards.  Somewhere down the line, me (and other females, I'm sure) have lowered the bar.  When you expect to find men who are disrespectful and think with their penises, of course that's all you're ever going to uncover.

So maybe the behavior of men like Paul Bunyan and Arthur needs to be the standard.  Anything below that is not worth anyone's time.

 The result of disturbingly low standards.