In men's minds, women are either Scylla or Charybdis, The Sirens luring Homer's Odysseus and his ship to a watery grave.
The Strait of Messina is the narrow waterway between the island of Sicily and mainland Italy. Odysseus had to sail through the Straits in order to return home to Greece after an endless war in The Odyssey.
On one side sat Scylla on a rock with her six heads that greedily devoured men in her grasp. Meet Gold Digger.
On the other side sat Charybdis with her gaping mouth that sucked in huge amounts of water, creating whirlpools. Meet Super Size Me.
Crossing through the Strait of Messina with Sirens on either side, Odysseus knew getting too close to one while avoiding the other is certain death.
Scylla we know as the quintessential Mean Girl. The stunning beauty that spurs global conquest made ugly by her wake of wrecked lives.
Charybdis is the Fat Chick whose warm bath of amniotic comfort has you swim into blissful abundance. Until the water gets cold.
Odysseus chose to get closer to Scylla and lose a few sailors than Charybdis and lose the whole ship.
When you wonder how that rotten temptress gets so many smitten men, now you know: he chose Scylla. Excitement with fewer losses is greater than comfort with fewer gains.
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