In the comments my post on the Objectivist dating site Atlasphere below, Jill pointed out that I singled out Objectivist boys for ridicule. Actually, I lifted all those dating profiles directly from New York Magazine. However, in the spirit of equal treatment for equal idiocy, I signed up for an account at Atlasphere (username: "Knute Berger") and checked out what the ladies have to offer. Frankly, it's kind of heartbreaking.

C Musterground, Shelby, NC

I like a strong man, a man who knows how to put a woman in her place, the sort of man who passed out of fashion long ago. If you consider your manhood obsolete, you're the kind of guy I'm after.

Miss L, Costa Mesa, California

Although my frame is not as willowy or petite as Dominque Francon's, my will is as strong. Are you man enough to own me? Many have pled their cases, but the weakness revealed in their pleading made me indifferent to them. I surrendered my virginity in a moment of battle with a man I loved, and he left me for his career, which I found exhilarating. If you are too self-possessed to have read this ad in the first place, I hope we will run into each other in the wilderness (where society's rules don't apply) so you can rape me anonymously, and then meet again in a drawing room so we can suffer being near each other without touching. And then I will destroy you.

I was born in a wasteland and struggled like a tenacious weed to find the sunlight of man's achievements. I have sought affirmation of what I know to be True in England, France, Scotland, Italy, and most of the United States. I have only found it in myself.

magdarose
Raleigh, North Carolina
I'm tired of meeting men who are passive. I want someone dynamic. Someone to show ME a good time. Someone to call ME to say they're going to pilates tonight and won't be able to meet up. Someone with a life. Someone who will take charge of mine. Someone who knows who he is.

Marnee, Tucson, Arizona
He should value reason, honesty, and freedom & creativity. But above all he should value himself and display tremendous self-confidence. Self-denial would be unthinkable to him. My ideal man is always thinking and imagining and cant stop learning. He will keep me in goose-bumps every moment we are together and makes me laugh my guts out. He should also have a distaste for abstract expressionism and most other forms of modern art and anything post-modern.

tumbleweed, Johannesburg, South Africa, 53
Tall slim evolved male with character, values equipped with a caring sharing nature, conversationalist perhaps a 'raconteur'

From planning a small dinner party of 4-6 with inspiring people, or a weekend away without getting too ruffled. Holding hands under the coffe table, "come on reduce me to a little girl"

Three attractive Objectivists at The Objectivist Center's 2006 Summer Seminar

From the listings on the Atlasphere, a dating and networking site for Objectivists (via New York Magazine):

waitingfordagny, Chicago, Illinois
I want to meet a serious woman who both challenges me intellectually and inspires me to noble things by her beauty.

mxjohnxm, Greenville, South Carolina
“One can’t love man without hating most of the creatures who pretend to bear his name.”

thustotyrants, Selden, New York
[I am] short, stark, and mansome.

You should contact me if you are a skinny woman. If your words are a meaningful progression of concepts rather than a series of vocalizations induced by your spinal cord for the purpose of complementing my tone of voice. If you’ve seen the meatbot, the walking automaton, the pod-people, the dense, glazy-eyed substrate through which living organisms such as myself must escape to reach air and sunlight. If you’ve realized that if speech is to be regarded as a cognitive function, technically they aren’t speaking, and you don’t have to listen.

Zak, Long Island, New York
I am rational, integrated, and efficacious. So far, I’ve never met a person who lives up to the standard I hold for myself (except online).

I take my relationships seriously. I am simply not attracted to many of the women in this world. I do not “hook-up” with girls. I only kiss those who deserve, and so far I have only encountered one who did. I would love to find someone I can learn something from; someone who challenges me to think; someone I can feel like I’ve won, rather than lowered myself to.

lostpainting, Hagerstown, Maryland
Please note: If you’re overweight, I won’t date you. If you believe in God, I won’t date you. If you vote for Democrats, I won’t date you.

Lewis, London, U.K.
I love intelligent, sassy girls, particularly those working in consulting or investment banking (but other fields are great too). Really, nothing is hotter than an accomplished girl in a suit, as long as she is willing to settle down and have my children. I want a girl who will support my ambitions against the naysayers in society.

Rob, Stanford, California
Ayn Rand ignited the fire within me that was searching for the right spark. My every action is guided according to my philosophy, and my philosophy is the philosophy of Ayn Rand.

I am interested in meeting someone that truly embodies the values and virtues of Objectivism. I have found very few women that have not already been beaten down to a flimsy, irrational, empty pulp. I have changed many girls’ lives, but no one has blown me away yet.

I never “hook-up” randomly, I never kiss a girl that doesn’t deserve mine. I have yet to find a girl deserving of my falling in love with her. But “other people” are secondary values no matter what, so finding someone is not a priority for me.