Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site oddjob.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!oddjob!matt From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <875@oddjob.UUCP> Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 16:30:02 EDT Article-I.D.: oddjob.875 Posted: Thu Jul 25 16:30:02 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jul-85 01:46:55 EDT References: <589@unc.UUCP> <604@unc.UUCP> <2370@ut-sally.UUCP> <5520@tektronix.UUCP> Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics Lines: 18 The subject is now what to do about the fact that one rapidly gets pegged as "taken" in small communities. I went to college at a scholl with fewer than 800 undergraduates who, for the most part, were further subdivided socially into seven dormitories. The male:female ratio was about 9:1. (Some of you can probably identify the institution already.) Each female student would find herself surrounded or followed by a hoard of males. Some found the attention to be quite a thrill -- for a while. The amazing thing was that if the woman went on even a single date with one of the `contenders', the rest would disappear. Given the size of the student body and the ratio, this meant that to `pair up' was to lose most other social contact with students. I don't think any good solution was found for this problem. _____________________________________________________ Matt University crawford@anl-mcs.arpa Crawford of Chicago ihnp4!oddjob!matt