Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <565@unc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 12:07:45 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.565 Posted: Tue Jul 9 12:07:45 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 20:31:49 EDT References: <210@cuuxa.UUCP><462@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 36 Frank Silbermann: >> When I worked in NYC, I'd sometimes hit the singles bars >>with my friends after work. At these places, the men at ususally >>outnumbered the women by about seven to one. This was also the >>story at the singles" parties I attended. Perhaps women have such >>a difficult time meeting men because they WON'T GO OUT! Dana S. Nau: >WHAAAT????? Not going to singles bars is a damned sight different >from "not going out"! >Since I have a girlfriend, I'm currently "not looking", but if I were, >a singles bar is about the last place I'd go to. I'm involved in a >number of activities that I like to do for their own sake. But >interestingly enough, these activities have considerably better >boy-to-girl ratios than seven-to-one! Quite right. But I ALSO mentioned singles parties, sponsored by groups like "Young Singles of (your town)". I also took classes (such as acting/improvisation) and attended various hobby clubs (such as Toastmasters Club). The ratio at these other activities was not as bad as 7/1, but women WERE a distinct minority even here. Women SHOULD be a MAJORITY at these places, if the "manshortage theory" were true. Frank Silbermann: >> We men can't meet them if they spend most of their spare time >>sitting at home with girlfriends talking about draperies and stuff. Dana S. Nau: >That sounds sexist to me. Most women I know are pretty career-oriented, >and are not particularly likely to "spend most of their spare time >sitting at home with girlfriends talking about draperies and stuff". It is sexist, and often true. Frank Silbermann