Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mtung.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!jdh From: jdh@mtung.UUCP (Julia Harper) Newsgroups: net.women,net.politics,net.social Subject: Re: Discrimination against women and statistics Message-ID: <584@mtung.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 21:33:32 EDT Article-I.D.: mtung.584 Posted: Mon Jul 1 21:33:32 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:12:57 EDT References: <482@ttidcc.UUCP> <8203@ucbvax.ARPA> <8204@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.women:6201 net.politics:9694 net.social:770 >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 [ihnp4,ariel]!mtung!jdh