Random Findings: Arthur Kade

I was listening to the radio yesterday as I usually do on my way to work, and there was an interview with a man named Arthur Kade. I haven't heard of him before, but he was introduced as the world's most arrogant man... so i thought this would be something interesting to hear.

The following info is taken from both what I heard in the interview + whats on wikipedia: Arthur Kade is an ex-financial adviser, who stopped in 2009 to pursue his dream of becoming an actor and model. He is very self-promoting, and appears like he would do anything to become famous. As previously mentioned, he is very arrogant and self-absorbed, yet he is also very honest about what he wants. This eventually led to the topic of the 'Kade scale', which is his own grading system that he uses to rate women. If a woman scores below a '6', it means he won't have anything to do with them, and that they're not worth his time.

As you can imagine, many female listeners were infuriated by someone who would be so proud to be shallow, and that if he were to come to Australia, no women would want to hook up with him. I find the last to be a bit of a stretch... I find it a bit annoying that some listeners try to speak out for all Australian women, and this is the case for a lot of things.

Despite those negative comments, he did receive some positive responses saying that its good that he is being honest about what he wants, and I think thats very true. I find it strange that many women are angered when a guy judges a girl by their looks, and expect that it should be a social norm to only look at someone's personality. First off, its pretty hypocritical in my opinion because there are girls who judge guys by their looks as well... its not just the guys judging girls. I myself have been rejected in the past because the girl thought I'm not good looking enough for her (its true anyway). It's probably reasonable to say that the majority of guys will judge a girl on looks, and the majority of girls judge a guy on his personality... but thats the point; everyone is different, and thus everyone wants different things. Thus some guys are very careful that they don't make it seem like they primarily care about looks, in case they offend the girls, when they really shouldn't have to be ashamed of it. For this reason, I actually applaud Arthur Kade on his honesty, despite the criticism he receives for it.

That is not to say I like the guy or that I admire him or anything. I still think he's a bit of a douche for loving himself so much, but it's good that he doesn't hide anything. I'm sure many guys encounter the dilemma of their girlfriend/fiance/wife asking them "does this dress make me look fat?" If they answer "no, you look great" she'll think he's lying or just saying that because it's what she wants to hear, or if they answer "yes it does" then the girl will get offended and get angry at him. Either way, it's a lose lose situation, and I think it's good that a guy like Kade can just speak his mind and not care.