Re: NYTimes.com Article: Op-Ed Columnist: Men Just Want Mommy
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Jan 28 06:08:35 2005
i second that emotion.
art
At Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote:
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>Given the state of medicine today ANYONE with intelligence would do
>something else!
>
>At Thu, 27 Jan 2005, art fougner, md wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>snip
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>>>>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
>>
>> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
>>Lawrence Peter Berra
>>
>--
>Joanne Bulley, MD
>Keene, NH, USA
>
>"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
>deserve neither liberty nor security." -- Benjamin Franklin
>
--
art fougner, md
"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
Lawrence Peter Berra
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