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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Subject: Re: The Nice Guy Syndrome (was: Re: Male Men Bashers)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.193019.17656@netcom.com>
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- References: <C1J3Hp.Lr4@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <sLq3XB1w165w@netlink.cts.com> <C1KLzK.KsF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:30:19 GMT
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- In article <C1KLzK.KsF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
- >intensit@netlink.cts.com (Michael J. Callahan) writes:
- >
- >>levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
- >>> Let me also point out that there are certain parts of the country in
- >>> which an older woman is essentially unmarriageable, unless she has
- >>> an extremely valued physical appearance. I base this conclusion on
- >>> knowing, in two such geographical areas, middle-aged women who are
- >>> handsome (although not *standardly* beautiful), personable,
- >>> socially skilled, intelligent, well-groomed (all these good things) --
- >>> and yet appear to have resigned themselves, unwillingly, to singleness.
- >>>
- >>> (To paraphrase Horace Greeley, go West... :-) )
- >
- >> Excuse me. Could you please tell me where?
- >
- >The "go West" is instructions to the *woman*.
-
- Interesting, I remember -go west young man-, but not the above.
-
- > The sections of the
- >country I were talking about were New York City and the Midwest.
-
- Odder still, I keep hearing how the New Yorkers are so much more
- human and friendly, and how they are willing to help those in need.
- I guess this does not extend to marrying an older women.
-
- >Here in the Midwest (where I have fortunately or unfortunately
- >been living for the past four years) it seems that middle-aged
- >women who are a size 20 don't date -- whatever else they have
- >going for them. (This was very definitely not the case in the Silicon
- >Valley.)
-
- The thing about dating is the discrimination is not only allowed,
- but actively required. I keep hearing how the women have problems
- finding anything but abusive bozos to date, perhaps these are poor
- choices to begin with. Guys don't have it any easier. Read the
- singles columns sometimes, women usually have much more exacting
- requirements than men.
-
- The point is that you ideally would date those who you like whom
- you might potentially get in a long term relationship with. For some
- reason I tend to prefer blondes, don't ask why. So I would probably
- give preference if my choices were a blonde and a brunette. I do
- not draw any hard lines here, last week I went to a Keith Richards
- concert with a black-haired woman I know in SF.
-
- Dating is not an equal-opportunity public service, it is a matter
- of personal preferance.
-
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- Rich
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- payner@netcom.com
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