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Letter re sex bias in dating/marriage printed in Washington Post
Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2005-07-09 02:08
Marc A. writes "On July 4, the Washington Post printed this letter from NCFM member Jerry B. about inequities in dating and marriage, which the editor titled, 'Gender Bias Cuts Both ways'."
Click "Read more..." to read the letter.GENDER BIAS CUTS BOTH WAYS
In her refreshing June 25 op-ed column, "Marriage Penalty," Ruth Marcus explored why it is that so many successful women are single and childless.
Part of the reason, I believe, is that many women still want to marry "up." Thus they are conditioned to feel as threatened by less successful men as less successful men are by more successful women. Most single women would be scared silly to hear a date say, "When I marry, I want to be a house husband and a stay-at-home dad."
Consider, too, Ms. Marcus's statement about a White House official: "... a smart, attractive woman . . . who . . . hadn't been asked out" on a date in about two years.
Cat got her tongue? This woman can't ask out one of the men around her who may be too afraid to ask her out? Are equal rights and responsibilities a smorgasbord from which she picks only what suits her?
If we want gender equality, we must demand change in women as much as we demand it in men.
JERRY A. BOGGS
Livonia, Mich.
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