Why do intelligent women return to the cheater time and time again?
Aaron, 28, Wicker Park:
“Why? They like it. Some twisted way the women like it, women like strong men, some of the men with the quality traits are lacking in other areas that women desire. The dogs have the specific qualities in which certain women enjoy.”
Patrese, twentysomething, Near Chicago’s West Side:
“I believe that women have become used to a certain unacceptable treatment because of media and entertainment, so being with a dog confirms everything that we receive from outside places and we believe that what that dog gives us we can’t do without, we become addicted.”
David, 29, Jackson Park:
“I believe that women go back because there is a piece of that man they cannot let go, a self-depreciation that they are not aware of and inevitably it continues to manifest the more they put themselves it the enabling situation with manipulative men.”
Erica, 28, Humboldt Park:
“Insecurity, the feeling that they cannot find something better, like spending a hundred dollars, knowing you can get it back; it’s a gamble, an insecurity issue.”
