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From: jdh@mtung.UUCP (Julia Harper)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination against women and statistics
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 21:33:32 EDT
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>Does this mean you're willing to marry a man who makes less money than you?
>That you're willing to "marry below your class"? I would suspect many women
>are not. I'd be happy to hear if I'm wrong.
>-- 
>Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720

You're wrong.  (But I think you're a nice guy anyway.)
I am certainly willing to marry a man who makes less money than I do.
In fact, making more than my husband really appeals to me.  It'd be
a lot harder for such a man to insist that I should really give
up my job to complete "our happiness" by having a family.

Of course, I make enough money to have the luxury of not needing
a man to help me make ends meet.  If money were an immediate problem,
I might feel differently.  (And we all know about women and income....)

However, I am not especially interested in "marrying below my class".  
I am used to certain kinds of intellectual discussion and activities. 
Some one not brought up to enjoy these activities and not interested
in pursuing them, or unwilling to think about them would not satisfy
me.  (I should really be careful about that one...my father was not
"brought up" to enjoy these activities, but he learned to enjoy them
nonetheless.  But I think that takes a special person.  He did this
because the woman he married was interested in these activities, and he 
wanted to do things she enjoyed.)

-- 
Julia Harper
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