I was interviewed last week about the dating scene in San Francisco for a Men’s Health feature — puzzlingly, the feature in this men’s magazine is a literal guide for the ladies built on gender stereotypes circa Cosmo 1985: “Women, Here’s the Best Place to Find a Man“. It’s bizarrely specific, stating at the bottom “the complete list of the 101 best cities for women 35 and older to find a man…” It is kind of interesting to see which cities they picked as the top five; they even have methodology. I’ll save you the saccharine headache of not becoming a dried-out spinster (of any gender) in Salt Lake City or Arlington, and jump you right to San Francisco — where I didn’t know I was going to be commenting on “the gay question”. Still, I could see how this “question” could have wound up with a lame answer if they’d asked someone less, er, sex-positive.

The writer was actually really nice and smart; I’m sure all the “ladies, get your man” copy is standard-issue packaging for these quaintly retro MSM mags. But –it is true that I know way too many hot single straight boys right now. So terrible.