The Prize

When I'm perusing posts and watching videos. I will come across some commentary that talks about being the prize. As you might expect, women think they are the prize while men take the opposite view and think they are the prize.

The word "Prize" is defined as follows according to the Oxford dictionary.

Noun

1. a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or in recognition of an outstanding achievement.

2. an enemy ship captured during the course of naval warfare.

Verb

value extremely highly.

I am assuming that most people are using the Verb definition. However, there is a problem with using the verb definition, it is highly subjective. One person may value something highly and another person might think that thing is garbage. So, there must be some objective way to evaluate a person's value if the "Prize" status is something that should be bestowed. Furthermore, just because you think you are the prize, doesn't make it reality.

So, how do we evaluate a person's value, do we look at the accumulation of wealth? If you don't want to work and want someone to take care of you, that would be something that should be considered.

Do we look at their physical appearance? I think everyone does, it might not be the top priority but it's on the list.

Do we look at personality traits? I think this only matters if you want a long-term relationship, but then if you only want sex, is the person really the prize or is being able to participate in sex the prize since you don't plan on sticking around?

You do not determine if you are the prize or not, you are the prize if you have people competing to win you. I think this eliminates at least 80% of the men (sorry guys) but it also eliminates quite a bit of women. I also think that when some women think they are the prize, they think that because guys want to have sex with them. If someone just wants to have sex with you, you are not the prize, being able to participate in sex is the prize and it's an important distinction.

So, who is the prize? It's the person that people are competing against each other to win. If there is no competition, there is no prize.

Just so everyone knows, No one has ever competed for me, and I don't think anyone ever will and that's okay. I don't need to be anyone's prize.