Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!ames!barry From: barry@ames.UUCP (Ken Barry) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Asking men out Message-ID: <441@ames.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 00:37:28 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.441 Posted: Thu Aug 2 00:37:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Aug-84 02:09:17 EDT Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 27 [How about dinner?] I have a question for everybody. As a male who is a firm believer in sexual equality, I have always been an enthusiastic advocate of the idea that women should feel as free to ask men out, as vice versa. Why should it be only we men who have to risk our delicate egos (well, mine is) and suffer the Big Snub? I know the idea was discussed approvingly back in the days of the 'sexual revolution', but, as far as I can see, nothing ever came of it. Neither I, nor any other man I know, has ever been asked out by a woman, and I know only one woman who ever asked a man out (once). I've heard women complain about having to wait for the man to make the advance, and it seems clear to me that it's in the interest of neither sex for only the men to pursue, and only the women to wait. So, my question is this: anyone out there know of any men who've been asked out by women, or any women who've asked men out? We're talking first approach, here, by the way; if you're not risking your ego on the strong possibility of a 'no', it doesn't count. Also, does anyone have any guesses as to why the idea never caught on? Could it be, as I suspect, that there are few people of either sex who care to risk rejection if they are able to rely on others risking rejection from them, instead? - From the Crow's Nest - Kenn Barry NASA-Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Avenue: {dual,hao,menlo70,hplabs}!ames!barry