After reading Nell Lukosavich’s article in the 10/23 Daily Campus about treating women like race cars, I’m disgusted. Is the article (“What Women Really Want”) meant for people who do or should treat women like they treat their car? Is that what people think love is? If that’s the case, perhaps we have a different topic of concern. I understand the article’s intention, but let’s stop playing games and get serious.

Do we dehumanize women so often because we don’t know how to treat them? And why is this made fun of and almost glorified when it should be taken much more seriously? Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a light-hearted guy, but even I have to draw the line here.

Although I’m no (s)expert, I would submit that a man’s love and care for a woman should by far supercede his love and care for a car or any other material thing. If his love for his car has to be referenced for his love for a woman, human love needs to be redefined.

And for the women who share similar sentiments with Ms. Lukosavich, please do not suggest that we treat you like race cars – what a pathetic standard. Instead, suggest that we ready ourselves for you before we begin a relationship. A true man should rather be single and develop an understanding of love than to play with the heart of a woman while trying to figure love out.

So here’s the challenge for men and women: Find out what love is – try C. S. Lewis’ The Four Loves – and stop comparing it to earthly, material things. People, particularly women, are not cars nor should they be treated like cars, and if cars are treated like people, people should be getting better treatment, no matter who they are.