Honestly, as I was reading, the chapter made me cringe, the attitude in general makes me cringe, but I didn't hold it too much against Feynman specifically, and I was trying to figure out why - I think first of all because he's kind of treating the whole thing as a wacky social experiment, but second of all . . . well, at least he's upfront about it. Like, it's very matter-of-fact: "I am going to bars to get laid, this is the formula, it's not working! Clearly I need to find a different formula."

What I really hate is the fact that that transaction, and that formula, have become so coded into gender relations in our society.