Re: NYTimes.com Article: Op-Ed Columnist: Men Just Want Mommy
From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com)
Thu Jan 27 19:33:17 2005
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
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>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
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