Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: The age of 19 Message-ID: <180@flairvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 19:29:27 EDT Article-I.D.: flairvax.180 Posted: Fri Jul 22 19:29:27 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jul-83 04:46:34 EDT References: zps.142 Lines: 38 Yes, yes, yes. I agree, a male under 19 (my experience was more like 29) can be a very sad thing to be. Nothing is categorically true, of course. We all kn(o/e)w many very successful men/boys in high school, or college. Each person seems to flourish at his/her own age. But of the males I've known, most (I'm not talking about the `popular' exceptions) seem to be miserable until sometime after 25. Maybe that says more about my friends than the general population, though. This contrasts with my viewpoint of the women I've known, who seemed to become unhappier with the very advancing age that seemed to give me more life. If there's any validity to my observations at all, then perhaps my conclusions (the mind seems always to search for meaning in its perceptions, even if they are garbage... GIGO?) are worth hearing: 1. Society worships men with money and power... something 19 year old males are sadly lacking, except for the alternative power images that peak during this age among jocks and rowdies. 2. Society worships women with beauty (as defined in COSMO, Playboy) ...something that is starting to diminish at about 25. Admittedly, these are stupid observations, easily spotted on any TV sitcom -- and they're only meaningful to the extent that you and your friends are plugged into such media. But maybe they're valuable to hold in mind, so you can spot the enemy when you feel it sneaking into your mind. Such thinking destroys life as I feel it should be. Men chasing $$$ and women traumatized by time itself! I'd rather spend my life in a cave on a mountain!! -michael ("destroy society's youth and money fixation") ellis ps- the aging Katharine Hepburn is the most beautiful media image I know