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From: esk@wucs.UUCP (Paul V. Torek)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: How to encourage honesty in communication
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 00:56:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 00:56:29 1984
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>	Come on!  There's a familiar way young women in their teens
> act toward guys:  it's called "playing hard to get".  One essentially
> acts as if one doesn't want to make the acquaintance of the guy one
> really wants to meet, and it is calculated that such actions are supposed
> to act as some sort of "test" or "encouragement" for the guy to actually
> overcome the lady's reticence. 
>	Gerald Owens
>	Owens@Gatech

Come on yourself!  There's a simple solution -- it requires a certain
amount of cooperation among men.  Namely, take the first "no" for a final
answer.  This will make "playing hard to get" an unsuccesful strategy;
eventually, it will not be tried.  Then we will all be better off.

Whaddayasay -- deal?
			Another humane solution from
			--Paul V Torek, ihnp4!wucs!wucec1!pvt1047
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