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From: toml@oliveb.UUCP (Tom Long)
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Subject: Re: Otherwise Engaged
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 16:00:54 EST
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	I posted the original article on "Otherwise Engaged", by Srully
Blotnick.

	I have often heard it said, "Behind every successful man stands
a woman".  I believe that this must at least in general be true.  Among
the benefits of a happy marriage is that the man carries a certain amount
of flexibility and good-naturedness and level-headedness to work with him.

	I think one can sum up the experiences reported in the book by
applying the same phrase in the opposite direction:  "Behind every successful
woman stands a man".

	The women in the study who (when confronted with conflicts between
career and marriage) chose to sacrifice their career progress in favor of
the marriage were more successful in their *careers* in the long run, and
on average.  I expect there must have been some who should have made the
choices in favor of careers and didn't, but I don't recall reading about
them.

	It seems likely that the same thing will be true for men (they're
in his next book).

						    Tom Long