In article <1tm6ocINNglo at gap.caltech.edu> squirrel at cco.caltech.edu (Pat White) writes:
>I found the post relating anecdotes about female sexism almost amusing.
>After all, women *never* lie to men about sex, do they?
In the particular that I mentioned, I think not. Without going into it,
there were other things that she told me that might suggest that she was
neither telling a lie nor exaggerating.
Change one word, "Ph.D." to "M.Sc." and the brief outline fits another
female graduate student at another university. I don't think she was lying
either.
>........................................................Certainly it
>must have been flattering to the professor whose female graduate student
>professed, publicly, how irresistable he is to a much younger woman.
>I'd like to point out that if she had been seen flirting, willingly,
>with him once or twice, he could easily have informed her privately that
>unless she circulated such a rumor, he might have marital difficulties,
>which might influence him adversely when judging her thesis.
Maybe you are thinking of something other than what I posted......but then
what you do say is interesting, because it really suggests something other
than fair play. If women feel that they are treated *unfairly*, why do you
suggest that the *male* in your scenario do something that sounds like
threaten her, pointing to "judging her thesis?"
Wouldn't you think that, given your scenario, there is a need for third
party ajudication?
>...................................................The most
>amusing part of the post was that the young gentleman who related the stories
>took them at face value.
Well, thank you for calling me "young." :^) Perhaps, you meant
immature?
Why wouldn't I take what was
told me at face value....especially when the character and intelligence of
the women is outstanding?
In story #1, the person was/is quite assertive and adventurous....those are
not negative descriptors....let's say: prone to meet life head on.....
And in story #2, she was (and probably still is) charming, intelligent,
adventurous and quite a racountuse! And, frankly, I took her advice to
heart! (that is, my love affairs while a graduate student were marvelous and
sustaining though the trials)
Steve
---
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| In person: Steve Modena AB4EL |
| On phone: (919) 515-5328 |
| At e-mail: nmodena at unity.ncsu.edu |
|samodena at csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu |
| [ either email address is read each day ] |
| By snail: Crop Sci Dept, Box 7620, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Lighten UP! It's just a computer doing that to you. (c)
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
