geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) (04/28/87)
In article <69@esquire.UUCP> roger@esquire.UUCP (Roger Reid) writes: > Ever notice that men outnumber women at Usenix by about 100 to 1? And > the ones I know find themselves being constantly hit on and harrassed by > the men. I resent this characterization. As a male who has, on occasion (recently) carried out an intensive search for a "S.O.", I've noticed that VERY few women (none) take the trouble to ask me out. This leaves me with the choice of approaching them or being lonely. If they don't display some sort of symbol (e.g., the infamous left-hand ring) to indicate that they aren't interested, they can expect me to continue to "hit on" and "harass" them. I try to be polite about it. But until you've (not you, Roger, but you, the women) asked at least ten men out and been rudely shut down, please don't use terms like "hit on" and "harass" to describe my legitimate (if occasionally clumsy) attempts at a decent social introduction. Since almost 100% of the women at Usenix share interests with me, is it very surprising that I find them interesting? P.S. Since this doesn't seem very Usenix-related, I directed followups to soc.women. I don't have time to read soc.*, so if you want to discuss this with me personally, feel free to respond directly by mail. -- Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com {hplabs,ihnp4}!trwrb!desint!geoff