Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!regard From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: re: more women than men Message-ID: <555@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 17:37:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.555 Posted: Mon Jul 15 17:37:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:48:48 EDT Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 42 > >Now, I think you have grossly misinterpreted Ross here. When he said, > >>>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. > >he was referring to the MALE person being lonely on a friday night. You >have, I fear, like some other contributors recently, given new elucidation to >the phrase "knee-jerk". Personally, I think Ross was basically right; >... This is just one of the basic, fundamental diff- >erences between male-people and female-people in today's society. >Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos Oh, I don't know. I think maybe you have given new meaning to the phrase "limited sample". I'm a female-person and I can tell you that there have been periods in my life when absolutely nobody was knocking on my door -- and I have not historically been on of those women who are _always_ ignored (a point related to "a few women have many date offers. Most women do not"). When I wanted to be aggressive and go out and fix that, I did. But there were times when it suited me, and I let it occur. The point, however, is that there seem to be JUST as many women as men sitting home Friday nights, since we are going to balance your limited sample with my limited sample. I think the notion that "more women than men" kill relationships is just that -- a notion. I don't see any evidence from my experience, my friends' experiences, the net.responses, or any quoted studies that would indicate anything else one way or t'other. This "fundamental differences" crap is just that, too -- crap. Why be divisive just for the hell of it? Is it impossible for you to realize that your relationships may have been personal experiences that don't necessarily indicate a major trend in All Women's Thinking (In The Western World, at any rate)? Oh, yeh. Re aggresive (see paragraph above). Sometimes it was well received. Other times it was very UNsuccessful. I'd have a hard time giving a personal statistic on success (because I got turned down more times that I wanted to count :-)). But I'd be loathe to generalize to ALL women being aggressive toward ALL men on the basis of my experience alone.