Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice6.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice6!daf From: daf@ccice6.UUCP (Hungry Tadpole) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Interesting TV Exercise Message-ID: <269@ccice6.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:38:29 EST Article-I.D.: ccice6.269 Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:38:29 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 01:41:38 EST References: <2321@ihnss.UUCP> Organization: Pool Of Slime Lines: 17 > The next time you are at the tube and those comercials start to come > on, try this experiment. Count the number of commercials with male > announcers and those with female announcers. In several breaks of > counting, I heard only one narrated by a woman (and that was a plug > for an upcoming program, not a product). This is certainly curious, > as I can see no inherent reason why men or women should be more > convincing selling things, and you don't even have to do any subtle > analysis to see someone believes differently. > It is obvious. There are more male announcers than female announcers because males are considered more logical. Everyone realizes this, subconciously if not conciously. This is proven right here on the net by the existence of net.women when there is no need for net.men. I am glad I could straighten you out. -- Amphibian Defender