Show a Woman A Jerk, and She’ll Trample Her Own Therapist To Get To Him

The Thursday Ask E. Jean

The Daily Quagmire

Hail, darlings! Before I was fired from Elle, the old Ask E. Jean advice column solved five or six problems each month. This is an experiment where, just for the Queenhell fun of it, we try solving a daily problem, and like the famous New York Times crossword, as the week goes on, the problems get harder, juicier, slippier, and knottier.

And now, here’s your Thursday’s Q:

The Ratio of Assholes to Nice Guys Is Five to One