Why do many women feel that the only way to feel empowered is to prey on the carnal natures of weak men?

Several things: 1) Whether you realize it or not, you're equating human carnal natures with weakness. Big mistake. There is nothing stronger in the natural world. Take a look at your Christian programming. It's holding you back, and here's a giant clue: It was designed and promulgated by men to keep women in their places, ie DOWN. In my religion, which is WIcca, Woman and Nature are the highest expressions of beauty and perfection and wonder available on this planet, and there is no higher expression of love and empowerment on this planet than in the coming together and ual expression of man and woman together, as one. That's why it's called The Great Rite. Leave it to the Christians to make making love, living together and rearing the next generation of children together something filthy. Leave it to the Christians to make pleasure and its pursuit and expression sins. As the bumper sticker of a friend of mine reads: "It's your hell, you go burn in it." 2) What's really true is that in this culture, money IS power. If you don't believe me, try doing without money for a long time and see how far you get and how powerful you feel. What's also true is that statistically, women do 90% of the work on this planet (according to a UN study done during the Year of the Woman), and hold under 10% of it's ets. Something's wrong with that picture, I think...It IS a gender war out there, and women need to and will use ANY weapons at their disposal, including their own bodies and uality, if need be. 3) You also need to get really clear as to who is "preying" upon whom. Check out Annie Sprinkle's work. She is ANYTHING but weak-minded.