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From: terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad)
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Subject: Re: Yale-Harvard marriage study
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Date: Wed, 17-Sep-86 11:59:43 EDT
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jeannie@rand-unix.UUCP (Jean Thomas) says:
>Actually, I think it's more than a question of flexibility.  Let me quote
>(unauthorized) an article (somewhat shortened) recently run by AP under
>the headline "Report tells women to marry younger men":
>
>  "It's imperative to tell women that it's not their fault--that they have
>  gotten better (with age) but they've got a bad market situation," said
>  sociologist Ann Swidler of Stanford University, one of six social
>  scientists who examined the "marriage crunch" issue.

I think this statement is particularly true in the Americas.  Several
years ago I read an article with some surprising results.  A survey
was taken of men in the U.S. and in Europe.  They were asked to name
the woman they considered to be the most attractive.  The 10 most
mentioned names were then compiled for the U.S. and for Europe.  What
they found was in the European survey all ten women were over 40.  In
the U.S. survey all ten women were under 35, with only two falling in
the 30-35 bracket.

It was speculated that the definitions of ``attractive'' were
different for European men than for American men.  European men were
more concerned with such things as dignity, grace, wisdom, as well as
physical beauty.  The American men were only looking at bodies and
facies.  (Advertising media stuff, you know.)

P.S.  I think the same survey was done recently with some big changes
on the American side.  As I recall, none of the women were under 25,
and there were several over 40, including Linda Evans and Joan
Collins.

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