Re: NYTimes.com Article: Op-Ed Columnist: Men Just Want Mommy

From: Henry Gregor (henrygregor@yahoo.com)
Thu Jan 27 17:02:51 2005

Art, your reply was great, a good laugh at the end of a long - and even longer antecedent night at the hospital - day.

Hank

PS. Hasn't it been said power is the greatest aphrodisiac (?SP)?...for me it's always been self assured, assertive, intelligent women....like, who'd want to hang around if there weren't that mix of intriguing elements? I mean, if you don't smoke and don't like watching tv, watcha' gonna do afterwards, lol.

"art fougner, md" <evsono@pipeline.com> wrote: given the state of medicine today, the really intelligent woman would have pursued Interior Design.

Just my opinion - i could be wrong.

art

At Thu, 27 Jan 2005, D. Ashley Hill wrote: >
>snip
>>
>>A second study, which was by researchers at four British
>>universities and reported last week, suggested that smart
>>men with demanding jobs would rather have old-fashioned
>>wives, like their mums, than equals. The study found that a
>>high I.Q. hampers a woman's chance to get married, while it
>>is a plus for men. The prospect for marriage increased by
>>35 percent for guys for each 16-point increase in I.Q.; for
>>women, there is a 40 percent drop for each 16-point rise.
>
>Interesting. Last night on call several female residents were
>discussing this issue, and all of them felt that being an intelligent
>physician was a drawback with regards to dating. These are attractive,
>well-spoken, bright and enthusiastic young ladies who should have young
>men waiting in line to ask them on a date. My wife noticed the same
>problem years ago in college, and finally gave up, telling the guys she
>met that she was studying "interior design" rather than biology/pre-med.
>When she started doing this they paid a lot more attention to her. I
>can't imagine the attraction to someone you can't talk with. I wonder
>if we'll see more single female physicians as the number of women
>entering medicine increases.
>
>Ashley
>
>--
>D. Ashley Hill, MD
>Associate Director
>Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency
> and Loch Haven Ob/Gyn Group
>Orlando, Florida
>

--
art fougner, md


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