Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site timeinc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!greenber From: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women do it than men Message-ID: <262@timeinc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 15:16:20 EDT Article-I.D.: timeinc.262 Posted: Sat Jun 22 15:16:20 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 03:08:23 EDT References: <210@cuuxa.UUCP><462@unc.UUCP> <1105@peora.UUCP> <629@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) Organization: Time, Inc. - New York Lines: 35 Summary: Regarding the reasons that women tend to sever the relationship more often than men: My feeling is that men don't have the experience of being the "rejector" but rather the "rejectee". Throughout our early years, men were the ones that had to "do the asking". They were the initiators, and were generally quite glad to get to a point where they didn't have to lay it on the line every friday so they would have a date on friday night. So they were more hesitant to end a not-so-perfect relationship than hit the meat-racks again. 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. The situation hasn't changed much: men still do the majority of the initial asking and still take the initial risk of being turned down. Women still can get more dates than they can handle. I'm talking quantity here, not quality, so no flames, okay? Finally, more women severing the ties could be related to the laziness of some men: why go through the hassle of breaking up with someone if you can get them to break up with you? These are just my opinions, of course. Your mileage may vary. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ Time Inc, New York --------->{ihnp4 | vax135}!timeinc!greenber<--------- I highly doubt that Time Inc. they would make me their spokesperson.