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Conference turris::womannotes-v3

Title:	Topics of Interest to Women
Notice:	V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:	REGENT::BROOMHEAD

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1078
Total number of notes:	52352

482.0. "The "She" Generation?" by RANGER::PEASLEE () Mon Oct 29 1990 08:52

    This article was in the Boston Globe last year, I had cut it out 
    for a friend and she suggested that I post it here.
    
    The 1990s will be the "she" generation, where women can write
    the scripts in the relationships with men according to Dr. Joyce
    Brothers.  We've been through the "me" generation; we've been through 
    the "we" generation.
    Brothers said Friday at the University of Missouri Hospital in
    Columbia.  The 1980s are the "he" generation because there are 7.3
    million more marriagable women than marriagable men today, enough to
    populate an entire country, Australia.  But things will change in the
    1990s because of the shifting population patterns she said, and there
    will be 105 eligible men for every 100 eligible women. " Women will
    be writing the script.  They will be demanding courting.  They will
    demand romance.  They will demand babies within marriage."  The 
    psychologist also predicted a drop in the divorce rate during the 
    1990s.  
    
    Any comments?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
482.1		CAESAR::FOSTER		`Mon Oct 29 1990 09:27`	6
	I'd love to understand how the count rate of men is going to change within 10 years. And more importantly, how the pendulum could POSSIBLY swing so hard. I'm also dying to know how I can get my 5 extras...
482.2	from me to you	TLE::D_CARROLL	Hakuna Matata	`Mon Oct 29 1990 10:41`	5
	>I'm also dying to know how I can get my 5 extras... You can have my allottment, however many that is. D!
482.3		FORBDN::BLAZEK	girl's germs, no returns	`Mon Oct 29 1990 11:21`	5
	is 'they will demand babies within marriage' a new trend? Carla
482.5		RDVAX::COLLIER	Bruce Collier	`Mon Oct 29 1990 14:24`	5
	Can anyone really manage to take Joyce Brothers seriously? - Bruce
482.6	oh, goodie!!!	ASDS::BARLOW	Me for MA governor!!!	`Mon Oct 29 1990 16:27`	10
	setenv mode sarcasm Yeah! Can I have 2 husbands then? Or maybe 7, one for every day of the week? Can I make them get fertilized eggs implanted in their stomach linings so that they can bear my children? (from Science News) Will they stay home and take care of my children while I "support the family"? Boy, this sounds NEAT!!! unsetenv mode
482.7		WMOIS::B_REINKE	bread&roses	`Mon Oct 29 1990 20:43`	6
	actually, three husbands per wife seems like a good ratio :-)
482.8		GLITER::STHILAIRE	Food, Shelter & Diamonds	`Tue Oct 30 1990 08:01`	10
	re .7, greedy, Bonnie! :-) You already have one husband and there aren't enough men to go around! Actually, I think that women with husbands should learn to share! (a lot of them probably already are without knowing it anyway!) (Of course, should I ever happen to remarry my viewpoint may change radically.) :-) Lorna
482.10		GLITER::STHILAIRE	Food, Shelter & Diamonds	`Tue Oct 30 1990 14:45`	8
	re .9, Yeah, so? Do you have a problem, or a question? :-) Haven't you read those little surveys in the magazines that say how many men admit to cheating on their spouses? That's what I was basing my comment on. Lorna
482.12		GLITER::STHILAIRE	Food, Shelter & Diamonds	`Tue Oct 30 1990 16:32`	4
	re .11, Good! It was supposed to be. :-) Lorna