marco@andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat) (10/08/86)
When I was a senior, my girlfriend at the time was a sophomore. She EXPECTED to transfer to wherever I got into grad school (NO SHIT!). Needless to say, I gave her her walking papers. I wonder if the reason for freshmen and sophomores preferring upper classmen is that they're easier to dominate emotionally, easier to browbeat and be made to feel like they *really* need that Mercedes, take up their time with *her* needs, and ultimately make sure that she hooks him, so she winds up in something flexible that allows her to work whenever she feels like it, e.g. nursing, teaching school, secretarial work, etc., while he brings home the big bread. It seems that the point is to get them young before they've had a chance to make any progress toward their goals, keep the hooks in, take a few years off, and never get off their backs. An upperclassmen who has either had no previous serious girlfriend, or has dumped any previous girlfriend (and is therefore available) has had either the good judgement to keep women at arms length, or the good fortune to have them stay away on their own, giving them the time and space to develop their own thing rather than being somebody else's OTHER. THEY'RE GODDAMNED LUCKY THEIR PHONE ISN'T RINGING OFF THE HOOK FOR SOMETHING AS VACUOUS AND STUPID AS THE COLLEGE DATING GAME. And who would WANT the kind of shithead who looks for someone she can dominate and show off to her girlfriends, rather than her social and intellectual equal? I think this is an ideal way to tell shit from the shinola. > And while personality traits like wisdom and sensitivity improve for > both sexes with age, they are not as highly valued in women, she said. > Younger women have unwittingly reinforced the trend by competing for > older, more successful men, she said, because "men provide the meal > ticket. Even today, women earn much less than men do." Wow, what an insighful comment. Blame it on them golddigging bimbos ! What makes me wonder is how ANYBODY could be so stupid as to need a radical (rabid ?) feminist to tell them these things. > Citing actress Sigourney Weaver's popularity as a strong, mature and > attractive heroine in the movie "Aliens," Swidler said, "It may be that > if these norms change over time, women's success may become part of > their attractiveness." What GARBAGE!! This Swindler person presupposes that the primary function of a man is to support a woman, and that the only value his success can have is that it allows her to have her own car and lots of furs. Where oh where are your critical faculties, men ? what the world *really* needs is left-handed monkey-wrench, W.rat #include <No, *I* don't really mean it>