Bad Boys

What is it about bad boys? Why do we time and time again, chose to ignore all logic, and hopelessly fall head over heels in love with the bad boy? Yes, you know the type....cocky, arrogant, selfish, always putting himself first, inattentive to a woman's needs, does whatever he wants whenever he wants (regardless what anyone else thinks), loose cannons, delinquents. And yet we cannot resist their untamed and overtly male masculinity. My favourite song at the moment is "Good Girls Go Bad" by Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester, I think the lyrics sums it up pretty well....

I know your type,
Boy, you're dangerous
Yeah, you're that guy (That guy) I'd be stupid to trust
But just one night couldn't be so wrong
You make me wanna lose control...

One of my favourite books of all time is "Gone With The Wind". To this day, I am still very much in love with Rhett Butler...and aren't we all? So what is it really about these bad boys? Some say it's because they're dangerous and cocky with their devilish grin, they're just exciting! Their overt masculinity is just oozing sexuality, it's a chemical thing, when our sex pheromones come into play, hmmm....well what else can I say. Some might even like the challenge of trying to break that icy cold shell that surrounds an equally cold and empty heart....yes, some of us really like a good challenge. Some are just drawn to a lost cause, a lost soul that needs to be saved. Some are simply intrigued by all the mystery and some are just simply attracted to the opposite. Why is it that in all the really good love stories and movies, the girl always leaves the clean-cut rich guy for the guy on the wrong side of the tracks? Have we been brainwashed by all these stories or are these stories a true reflection of reality?

Can we really save a lost soul? Can we really break that icy shell? Can we really read their poker face? Do they really have a heart? Can the bad boys really turn good or do the good girls go bad? When we find ourselves falling for a bad boy like Chuck Bass, can we really blame anyone else but ourselves for our broken heart?