Episode 15 - “The Freak Show”
Carrie asks the question, “Are all men freaks?” Dictionary.com defines a freak as:
1. A person who has withdrawn from normal, rational behavior and activities to pursue one interest or obsession
I was on a train recently and the person in the seat behind me was talking rather loudly on the phone with his “bro.” He asked the bro about his girl and whether she was coming to some party that night. I’m guessing the bro replied in the negative as the next response from the guy was, “What’s that bitch’s problem? You need to tame her. You need to hit that.” Upon first glance, it would appear that the freak is the guy behind me on the phone. He treats women as objects or animals that just need a good intercoursing. Is he the only freak though? No. The bro’s girl is also a freak. Why doesn’t she want to go to the party? Parties are fun. What’s her problem? What’s her obsession? What’s keeping her from doing the normal, rational thing of attending what sounded like a jolly good party?
2. A devoted fan or follower
Most men like a team that plays a sport. A recent US Today poll states that sixty-eight percent of men have a favorite team that they stop what they’re doing to watch. Are women immune to this? Of course not. There are a lot of women that do nothing but watch their team play. They wear their team’s colors and they attend the games. Sometimes they all get together and perform acrobatic routines while encouraging the crowd to accompany them in cheering for the team. Aren’t these leaders of team enthusiasm freaks, too?
3. A hippie
There are both male and female hippies and they are all freaks, from their all over smooth and tanned skin to their dreaded hair to their delicious parking lot-made French bread pizza. Freaks. The lot of them.
So, yes, all men are freaks because each of us fits into the category of womanizer, sports fan, or hippie. But don’t be afraid to look in the mirror, other sex, because you’re probably a freak too. As I said to the girl in second grade on the kickball field that called me a dummiehead, “It takes one to know one.”
I’m a Samantha because I fear how old I’m getting too.
