Now the “it” I’m referring to here isn’t cooties, or chicken pox or some other highly contagious, disfiguring or otherwise socially disabling disease. The it in question is sex appeal, or perhaps more accurately stated the understanding of the power of sex as it applies to the manipulation and exploitation of men.

It has always been a mystery to me how some women seem to inherently know that they have; what amounts to super-human powers when it comes to controlling men with nothing more than a flash of thigh or a blatant display of cleavage in order to getting what they want. Of course some women have superior strength in this area compared to others, just like Superman has more super powers than say, Aquaman. In fact, besides all the other super things Superman can do, he can do everything Aquaman can do except maybe speak to fish telepathically and seriously, what good is that?

What confounds me is from where these super-women derive this ability. I know it isn’t something that is taught in school, otherwise there would be a lot more gals running around out there who know how to use this gift. I’ve concluded that it mus be a power that is stumbled upon accidentally, like when a monkey realizes that every time he pushes the red button a banana magically appears through a trap door.

I do know this; it’s really nice when you come across a gal who uses these powers for good as opposed to evil. Men want to marry a woman who not only has the power but also knows how to use it for the betterment of mankind—to make their man feel good about himself. However, I’d be willing to bet that every man on earth, with the exception of maybe a handful of cloistered monks have been willingly taken advantage of by a woman with a winsome smile and a short skirt. I know I’ve changed a tire or two under the spell of one of these seductresses.

I wish I had powers like that. I’d never have to do another household chore as long as I lived. I could get my wife to cut the grass, change the oil in the car and even chop firewood simply by wearing pair of silk boxers and leaving my robe open a little. Unfortunately, it’s extremely rare to find a man who has the ability to control women by means of sex appeal. Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Rock Hudson come to mind but as we all know, a third of those guys were gay.