Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Is Maureen Dowd really necessary?

From a recent interview she said: "So now that women don't need men to reproduce and refinance, the question is, will we keep you around? And the answer is," she added puckishly, "you know we need you in the way we need ice cream, you'll be more ornamental."Ahh, that's nice. Men are now merely ornamental. Imagine her reaction if a man came out and said the same thing about women! If men are not necessary, then why spend all of your time writing a book to prove it is so? Nature will inevitably make it so. She argues this is happening, only at such a slow rate it is indiscernible to the naked eye.....kind of like the logic she is purveying.No man with an iota of self-respect or intelligence would get involved with a woman who actually poses the question of "are men necessary?" On the other hand, Ms. Dowd would never get involved with a man who is not intelligent and who cannot discuss world affairs. Perhaps this is why she is a bitter 53 year-old, single woman.