Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: male/female differences Message-ID: <1305@orca.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 12:26:09 EST Article-I.D.: orca.1305 Posted: Tue Jan 15 12:26:09 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 04:20:53 EST References: <74@mot.UUCP> <382@unisoft.UUCP> <203@masscomp.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 37 > In article <382@unisoft.UUCP> dina@unisoft.UUCP (Dina Street) writes: > > >"...woman with her few eggs?" > > > >A woman has more eggs per ovary than she could *ever* > >use in her lifetime. > > > >Weak argument, Al. > > On the contrary, a very valid argument. You can have eggs coming out > your ears (and if you can, you should forget computers and get a job > in the circus!) but they don't do you much good, massive procreation-wise, > if you only ovulate once a month. > > -- > Mike Leibensperger > Masscomp; 1 Technology Park; Westford, MA 01886 > {decvax,harpo,tektronix}!masscomp!leiby Actually, if we're still using the zoological/anthropological model, once a month is more often than any other mammal. Most female mammals have an estrus only once every 6 months or so, and then they'll shtup anything and everything with a penis that fits, and some things that don't (ever seen a cat in heat?). The entire argument doesn't hold water. Marriage developed when men finally figured out that they had something to do with babies, and that if they wanted to be sure that the baby was theirs, they'd better make sure that "their woman" didn't go off in the bushes with anybody else. Marriage as a societal institution has always been disadvantageous to women. "A married couple are one person, and that person is the husband" is still the law in many ways. Look at tax laws. They benifit couples with one person making considerably more money than the other. How often is the woman the major wage-earner? Ariel (fortunately, things are changing, but we ain't there yet) Shattan