Steve Harvey is a real piece of work. His cushy day job as the host of Family Feud (since 2010) has granted him plenty of downtime. He’s used this luxury to dream up ways to place women where they belong (in his eyes). Steve wrote a book called Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man. He puts on the “God-fearing” persona and lectures women about how to keep their man, but Steve has treated his own wives terribly. Steve’s 2nd wife, Mary, put up with him for 16 years. Steve had no problem cheating on her and leaving her homeless (after he took their son) after she supported him during their tough times. Steve even sued Mary for telling her side of the story.

Steve is still married to his third wife, Marjorie. They’ve been together since 2007, and he recently gifted her with a Rolls Royce for her 50th birthday. That’s how Steve keeps his women happy. Let’s hope (for Marjorie’s sake) that she never has to deal with the horrors reported by his 2nd wife. Steve has always said that men and women can never be platonic friends. He’s decided (out of the “goodness” of his heart) to help women land a man for life. How? With a new dating website called Delightful. The site looks as corny as it sounds. For a mere $30 per month, Steve promises to help women become “more dateable.” AS IF:

Harvey on Mars vs. Venus: “Women are wired differently. The one thing I know about women is women don’t really want to just date. They want to date with the hope that it leads to a relationship. A man doesn’t have any problem at all dating several or a wide variety of people until he finds the right one. A lot of women have that biological clock that ticks in them.”

The pitch: Delightful will cater primarily to women, but also to men with a womanly interest in settling down. For women, there will be advice columns on topics such as “how to become more dateable.”

Women should stop being so picky: “Your soulmate, the man of your dreams, may not live an hour away.”

Men aren’t perfect either: Men, meanwhile, need tutoring in the fine points of chivalry, like always walking in between one’s date and the street to protect her from traffic. “It’s sad to say, but the divorce rate in this country is so high, there are a lot of young men out there, quality men, who’ve never been told, ‘Hey man, this is the proper way to treat a lady.'”

Why Delightful is better than cheaper or free dating sites: “Now, you can hit it, just like you can go to Vegas and hit the triple sevens on the Super Lotto, but you’re going to have to put a lot of coins in it.”

What, Delightful isn’t for you? “We’re not looking for one specific person, per se. If you’re in a period of your life where you don’t feel like you need a protector, we can probably find you a guy who doesn’t want to be a protector.”

[From Forbes]

Whatever, dude. Steve is a womanizer, a cheater, and a guy who’s already been married three times. His current wife receives lavish gifts, which may or may not be the reason she’s around for 7 years.

I shouldn’t waste my energy being offended by Steve Harvey. Some men and women believe in gender stereotypes, and they’ll likely appreciate a website that feed their delusions beliefs. The main issue that I have is that Steve wants to make both men and women learn how to appeal to each other by faking it. Steve is selling “scripts” on how to speak to the other sex. These methods have nothing to do with actual compatibility. Does that even matter? I guess if someone is “looking for a good time,” then scripts are a decent method to get there. But Steve is selling the promise of long-term compatibility in a relationship. He’s feeding the promise of marriage to his subscribers. All of this is coming from a guy who cheated on his wives and left them with a whole lot of nothing.

Here’s a photo of Steve with his 3rd wife, Marjorie. Good luck to her.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet