[net.women] Like 'em stupid?

jcg@cbosgd.UUCP (07/19/83)

	The supposition by the Wall Street Journal that men
married to career women have a higher incidence of heart failure
(or some such ailment) than men married to less educated women,
may be valid.  You can prove or show nearly anything with
statistics and it is likely that the WSJ article has an underlying
basis in fact.  Fact, yes. Truth, perhaps.

	On the other hand, I am amused by the immediate reaction of
readers of this group.  The assumption that the WSJ article was indeed
valid in its supposition seems universal and the discussion now focuses
on why.  I find this quite humorous in the light of how likely we
accept seemingly counter-intuitive conclusions when provided from a
reputable source.  Has anyone stopped to question the motivation for
such a study?  Has anyone pointed found out exactly what data was used?
How it was collected?  What the conditions of the study were?
(For instance, were the educated couples engaged primarily in high
stress jobs, such as Brokerage or Insurance, while the couples with the
dopey spouse running vacation restaurants in Florida?)  Has anyone
wondered why the WSJ (and thus, the American business community)
would be gathering such data?  I, for one, am slightly suspicious.

	Regardless, if the supposition were true, and I had the choice
between living an extra 10 or 15 years with a woman whose concept of
an intellectual exchanged is easily met by most Dukes of Hazard scripts
and dying earlier, but after a life with a woman who would scold me
for misinterpreting Kafka's dialectic and parry my sarcasm with
humorous riposte then I will choose the PhD every time.

			I cannot believe any self-respecting
			intelligent male would actually prefer
			marrying a dumb female.  Dumb people
			are soooo boring, for Goodness Sake!

				Jim Grams
				cbosgd!jcg

rwhw@hound.UUCP (07/19/83)

It seems that Jim Grams equates a person that is uneducated with a person
that has a low IQ. Jim also equates dumb with low IQ. I hope that Jim
reads what he posts and can see the "humor" in his artcles. 

Yes, I believe that educated people who are ambitious do suffer from more
maladies than just heart failures. The WSJ didn't give the back ground of
the article such as the careers, positions and degrees held, etc. of the
people involved. The article does however, carry a warning for those
career minded people to be more mindfull of their health. A complete
check-up once a year should be on everyones agenda.

                                Roy

fmc@pyuxqq.UUCP (07/21/83)

Less educated doesn't necessarily mean stupid - it may simply mean
that the wife in question is more interested in taking
care of her home and husband than in getting her Masters degree.
This might explain the results of that survey.