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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Kate Hepburn, Victoria,...
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 04:04:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 04:04:28 1984
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> > A few weeks back, U.S. News & World Report had an interview with some
> > psychologist or sociologist type in which she regretted that courtship in
> > the modern day becomes considerably, if not largely, sexual early, whereas
> > in past years (e.g. Victorian), courtship was the time when people really
> > shared their feelings, hopes, dreams, goals, etc...

Say whaaaa?  Past years in many cultures, notably Victorian, were times of
arranged marriages.  Forget the courtship; you might be lucky to MEET your
intended any substantial time before the wedding!

> I don't know about you, but I'd have a bit of trouble having sex so often
> that I had no oppertunity to get to know my partner better...

Me too, but we sure tried at first!

> ...  I suspect that this psychologist has some other reason for
> her views.

...such as supporting her own beliefs.  Ed is right.  ALWAYS suspect
sociologists, psychologists, etc.  With annoying frequency, one finds that
they tend to fix on an idea and set out to prove it rather than fixing on a
question and setting out to answer it.  (They're not all fools or
charlatans; it's just a problem endemic to studying people.)

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