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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: San Diego
Message-ID: <108@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 22:51:32 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 22:51:32 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
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In article <1772@reed.UUCP> thoma@reed.UUCP (Ann Muir Thomas) writes:
>San Diego is NOT a good place for the less-than-average looking woman!
>As a teenager I could never get a job there because I had acne,
>was a little overweight, short, and wore glasses.

That sounds pretty bizarre.  I would not be surprised if that
were the case for secretary/receptionist jobs, but usually
even ugly people can get work at McDonalds.

>I also became afraid to go out alone at any time of the day or night
>because people would throw things at me from their cars and be generally
>obnoxious to me, the men that is-- their female companions would just giggle
>and say "look at that dog..."
>Speaking of dogs, one time I was walking on the beach, and
>these guys shoved a big dog at me and told me something along
>the lines of it being a suitable mate for me... I told them
>to fuck off, and ran for my life...

In such situations, I believe violence is the best response.

>I don't _need_ the kind of guy that causes the surplus!

If San Diego has a shortage of women, it seems likely that men
would be LESS choosey.  I bet there is no surplus of San Diego "men"
in the adolescent age groups.

>There ARE exceptions to this; by "fleeing" to a high school
>where almost everybody was very bright, but not good-looking,
>I met some very neat people.

How did you do that?  Are the high schools in San Diego
segregated along such lines?

	Frank Silbermann