Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1e.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1e!cbd From: cbd@ihu1e.UUCP (Carl Deitrick) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: More Forward Women Message-ID: <290@ihu1e.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 10:05:21 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1e.290 Posted: Fri Aug 3 10:05:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 02:47:46 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 25 Twice in my 32 years have I been asked for a date by a woman. One was a secretary in the place where I worked at the time, and the other was a fellow volunteer in a program to teach handicapped children to ride a horse. There was nothing earth-shattering about either case - just a simple "Carl, would you like to ..." - but it shows that it can happen. I had a third experience where a woman I once knew fairly well later told me she had wanted to ask me for a date but always got cold feet at the last minute. So it seems reasonable to assume that more women want to take the initiative than actually do so. What I find noteworthy is the difference between the number of women who consider themselves feminists and the number of women who have asked a man for a date. (Keep in mind that my observations are not statistically significant, so no flames, please). I see a lot of women who would call themselves feminists - they conduct their lives on the premise that primary and secondary sexual characteristics are irrelevant to their ability to perform in most arenas of human activity - but there seem to be very few women who would ask a man for a date. Why the difference? Is dating and such not a normal human activity? Do all feminists come equipped with a devoted SO? Do feminists not care about men and dating? Or is taking the initiative stil considered "a man's job"? Reasoned replies may be sent to me at the address below. Flames may be sent to /dev/null. Carl Deitrick ihu1e!cbd