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From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: More women than men
Message-ID: <283@timeinc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 11:19:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: timeinc.283
Posted: Tue Jul  9 11:19:55 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:24:20 EDT
References: <210@cuuxa.UUCP>  <462@unc.UUCP>
Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Organization: Time, Inc. - New York
Lines: 63
Keywords: egotism, chauvinism
Summary: 

In article <2582@randvax.UUCP> rohn@rand-unix.UUCP (Laurinda Rohn) writes:
>In article <262@timeinc.UUCP> Ross M. Greenberg writes:
>
>>Regarding the reasons that women tend to sever the relationship more often
>>than men:
>>
>>Women, on the other hand, had more men after them then they could possibly
>>handle: generally turning down more dates than they accepted.  So breaking
>>up from a not-so-perfect relationship did not mean that they were to
>>be lonely on friday night. And so breaking up was not such a big deal.
>
>
>
>Gosh, I don't know why I never realized all this before.  Of course,
>we all know women only live for male companionship on a Friday night.
>And G*d knows we would never consider breaking off a relationship
>unless we were *sure* there was another male waiting right outside the
>door.  After all, a woman without a man must surely be miserable,
>mustn't she?  And, of course, breaking off a relationship she has put
>a lot of time and emotional energy and love into couldn't possibly be
>at all unpleasant if she knows she has another one waiting right
>around the corner.
>
>
>
Gimme a break, huh?  You want to make a claim here that you've never
been lonely on a Friday night?  Or that you prefer not to be involved with
someone?  I tend to think that most people prefer to be involved with
someone as it (to me at least) is a lot more fun to share one's life
with someone else.  And I tend to find it to be more comfortable to
share my life with a women.  Call me sexist, if you wish.

And the idea wasn't that there was a man on the other side of the door.
But rather that (generally speaking) a man is gonna knock on your door
a hellofalot more often than you'll knock on his.

And breaking up from a relationship is difficult for all involved, BTW,
so get off your ivory tower!


>Ross, I really hope there was supposed to be a :-) after the above
>paragraph and you just forgot it.  I find it difficult (as well as
>distressing) to believe that you are *that* insensitive and chauvin-
>istic.  Believe or not, women *do* live for something besides men.
>

Nope. I didn't forget.  I just figured that the *theory* I stated
might be accepted as a possible theory, and that it wouldn't be attacked
as if this were some sexist debate.   If you feel that makes me
"*that* insensitive and chauvinistic", then "Gosh, Mrs. Cleaver, I
sure do apologize.  I certainly didn't mean to make you think."

"That's quite alright, Eddie. I was only looking for something to attack."


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