Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!phri!pesnta!amd!masscomp!miche From: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Harvey) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Time magazine excerpt Message-ID: <819@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 08:46:22 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.819 Posted: Wed Nov 6 08:46:22 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:25:46 EST References: <342@ssc-vax.UUCP> Reply-To: miche@masscomp.UUCP (Miche Baker-Harvey) Distribution: net Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 27 In article <342@ssc-vax.UUCP> ginger@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ginger Grover) writes: >*** REPLACE THIS SEX WITH YOUR MONEY *** > >From Time magazine, November 4, 1985 issue, under "Business Notes": > >"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'` >". . . MONEY magazine polled a national sample of 2,491 adults, all of >whom described themselves as the main financial decision makers in their >households. Sixty-three percent of the respondents were men; 37% were >women. Among the findings: 51% of the women polled said they think about >money more often than sex, in contrast to only 27% of the men. One >sobering statistic: nearly one-third of all the women said they enjoy money >more than sex; a mere 26% favored sex. Men had decidely different >priorities: 47% voted for sex, while only 16% of them opted for money . . ." >"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'`"'` > >[I can't help wondering if those women enjoy money more than sex simply >because they *get* a lot more money than sex :-) ] > Actually, all jokes aside, I suspect that more women think about money than sex because they can get sex alot more easily than they can get money. Miche Baker-Harvey Masscomp {ihnp4|decvax}!masscomp!miche