Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbscc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbdkc1!cbnap!cbneb!cbsck!cbscc!swc From: swc@cbscc.UUCP (Scott W. Collins) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <5557@cbscc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 09:02:47 EDT Article-I.D.: cbscc.5557 Posted: Wed Jul 10 09:02:47 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 03:59:10 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 58 ~ > From: rohn@randvax.UUCP (Laurinda Rohn) > Subject: Re: More women than men > Posted: Thu Jul 4 14:58:19 1985 > > 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. > > > . > . > . > > > 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. > I think Ross was stating that in general women, the ones being sought after (despite the degree of liberation we have now), have the option of several men whereas men may have few women to choose from. Yeah, I know, I know. Men have the option of asking many women out, but that gets expensive and the potential for rejection is a deterrent. Yeah, I know, I know. There are exceptions to the rule, but if you've ever sampled how many men have asked out a certain women vs. how many women a certain man has asked out (in a given time period), you should see (in general) a trend. This is also reflected in personals placed in periodicals. Women get ~70 replies for a man's ~8 (samples: Big Ten school paper and a state-wide singles' mag.). I think Ross was half complaining about the ease of which a woman can get a man than vice-versa. Again, this is not always the case... My stand is: women may have an easier time of getting a man interested in them then a man does with a woman, but women are burdened with a variety of things (dating roles, society's roles, etc.) that men are virtually free from. Some say the scale is then even.. I say it is still tipped in favor of men, so: no room for complaints! Fortunately, things ARE still changing: role playing is going down the tubes, eq- uality in situation/opportunities is on the increase. I was very fortunate as to have a nice young lady ask me out to a movie recently. I would have gotten around to it (or was it a matter of mustering the courage?), but she took the initiative. She just better not have any wild ideas just because we went to a movie. We all know what octopusses women can be... ;-> I.H.N. Scott