tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2983345333829834770..comments2024-03-28T20:14:01.928-05:00Comments on Althouse: "At Caffe Bene, a trendy Korean coffee chain in central Ulaanbaatar, almost all the tables are occupied by young women on their own."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43088600944927342302018-06-26T13:34:19.594-05:002018-06-26T13:34:19.594-05:00mockturtle said, "I wasn't aware they wer...<i>mockturtle said, "I wasn't aware they were after 'nice'. I thought they were after successful, rich."</i><br /><br />Evidently both, at least from what a Philippine woman once told me. She was married to a white LA dentist. Thinking of the ads I'd remembered in <i>Popular Mechanics</i> when I was a kid, I asked her what was up with Philippine women seeking American men.<br /><br />"We think they are hen-pecked," she replied.LA_Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09775262019154051166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30007912464879445372018-06-26T13:26:06.530-05:002018-06-26T13:26:06.530-05:00buwaya said...
This is a common situation in big c...<i>buwaya said...<br />This is a common situation in big cities all over, an excess of young women. <br />They flock to big cities, and then can't find husbands.<br />You could probably write essentially the same article about San Francisco today.<br />Its been done, IIRC, several times since the 80's.</i><br /><br />Even moreso in San Francisco. Exiting a subway back in the late '80s I let out an involuntary whistle as I witnessed a great set of legs pass by. The woman turned around and said "Thank you. That's the first time anyone has ever whistled at me in this neighborhood." If you're a woman interested in catching a man- San Francisco is the wrong place to go hunting.Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78715585158812421472018-06-26T12:52:15.259-05:002018-06-26T12:52:15.259-05:00My wife would be the first to say she underachieve...My wife would be the first to say she underachieved.<br />Suckerrrr!PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216578936157701583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31288683799413771582018-06-25T23:21:28.296-05:002018-06-25T23:21:28.296-05:00@mockturtle,
I wasn't aware they were after &...@mockturtle,<br /><br /><i>I wasn't aware they were after 'nice'. I thought they were after successful, rich.</i><br /><br />Western men come (no pun intended) in those flavors, too, & they just cut their women an awful lot more slack.YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17170391117591907922018-06-25T22:39:45.189-05:002018-06-25T22:39:45.189-05:00I've always wanted to visit Mongolia.I've always wanted to visit Mongolia.Mr Wibblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174081635037647888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87538673653903205362018-06-25T21:59:46.047-05:002018-06-25T21:59:46.047-05:00Whatever you might think, though, women are NOT, I...Whatever you might think, though, women are NOT, I repeat, NOT hypergamous. That's just right-wing claptrap!tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74097516564512426952018-06-25T21:48:11.997-05:002018-06-25T21:48:11.997-05:00You could probably write essentially the same arti...<b>You could probably write essentially the same article about San Francisco today.</b><br /><br />I should think that a significant portion of eligible males in SF are gay, so...mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88911525352234246032018-06-25T21:31:51.672-05:002018-06-25T21:31:51.672-05:00If you are looking, and hard up, you probably coul...If you are looking, and hard up, you probably could get all the women you want in Caracas, its hard times over there. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3816862760604564552018-06-25T21:15:56.206-05:002018-06-25T21:15:56.206-05:00Makes me think of Bill Forsythe's classic &quo...Makes me think of Bill Forsythe's classic "Gregory's Girl"<br /><br /><i>You know where we should be?<br />South America.<br />There's a town there--<br />and this is<br />a well-known fact--<br />but do you know the ratio<br />of women to men?<br />Eight to one!<br />Eight women per one guy!<br />That's the sort of place<br />for us, eh?<br />It's called Caracas.</i><br /><br />Poor sods had the wrong city. And the wrong century.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14520113896946845614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79941297895771606482018-06-25T21:05:54.043-05:002018-06-25T21:05:54.043-05:00Young Hegelian notes: Yeah, but those guys aren&#...Young Hegelian notes: <b>Yeah, but those guys aren't any less obnoxious to their women than the Mongolian guys.<br /><br />Let me tell you, if I was a Chinese or Indian woman, & if I had a family that wouldn't disown me if I did it, I'd marry a Western guy in a heartbeat.<br /><br />Those men are often nasty to their women. I've worked in IT for 38 years now, & I've seen it up-close.</b><br /><br />I wasn't aware they were after 'nice'. I thought they were after successful, rich.<br /><br /> mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2944587767812843252018-06-25T21:02:37.690-05:002018-06-25T21:02:37.690-05:00I notice this in Boston, too. Mon-Wed at any moder...I notice this in Boston, too. Mon-Wed at any moderately fancy eatery is tables of young career women mostly in groupd but some alone at the bar.<br /><br />Well good luck with that...rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79327669020429925992018-06-25T20:39:10.892-05:002018-06-25T20:39:10.892-05:00Irreconcilable differences... for lack of trying.Irreconcilable differences... for lack of trying.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1209377513572180792018-06-25T20:35:23.305-05:002018-06-25T20:35:23.305-05:00@LordSomber
It was true long before the 1990s but...@LordSomber<br /><br />It was true long before the 1990s but your point is well taken. Progressive women are the most hierarchical people you will come across. The first time I saw self-identified progressive women in a clique shun another woman for dating "beneath her" I was stunned. They were actually angry (more likely anxious) that it would damage their clique's reputation. Experience informed me it is very common.cronus titanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09914106921265547772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87272875472979428842018-06-25T20:34:14.235-05:002018-06-25T20:34:14.235-05:00As LordSomber says, this isn't even Evolutiona...As LordSomber says, this isn't even Evolutionary Psychology 101, it's pre-school.<br /><br /><br /><br />Lee Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04241137335422155018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8977555989764062732018-06-25T20:33:02.716-05:002018-06-25T20:33:02.716-05:00This is a common situation in big cities all over,...This is a common situation in big cities all over, an excess of young women. <br />They flock to big cities, and then can't find husbands.<br />You could probably write essentially the same article about San Francisco today.<br />Its been done, IIRC, several times since the 80's. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35268198491191449112018-06-25T20:12:21.851-05:002018-06-25T20:12:21.851-05:00Steel MongoliasSteel Mongoliastcrossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13861315905142017219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61861768789757854062018-06-25T20:09:10.605-05:002018-06-25T20:09:10.605-05:00Women almost universally tend to "marry up&qu...Women almost universally tend to "marry up" across cultures worldwide.<br />The more they themselves rise in socio-economic status, the more their window of potentially acceptable mates narrows.<br /><br />This was obvious to me as far back as the '90's, even before I knew there was a term for this -- hypergamy.<br /><br />I don't know why people of both sexes still find this puzzling, even today.LordSomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483452672640797537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39497927691451306082018-06-25T20:07:03.998-05:002018-06-25T20:07:03.998-05:00We have successfully exported whining and missing ...We have successfully exported whining and missing the issue. See, the fact that men are undereducated and struggling is irrelevant; the real issue is that women can't find husbands at what they consider their station. THAT is the tragedy and the only issue worth considering.<br /><br />Can we quantify whining in our export numbers? 'Cause it looks like we have exported that attitude.cronus titanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09914106921265547772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82906281049397287782018-06-25T19:51:39.028-05:002018-06-25T19:51:39.028-05:00At the Caffe Bene, you can talk about whatever you...At the Caffe Bene, you can talk about whatever you want.<br /><br />Providing you are equal to or above my statusIngachuck'stoothlessARMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042427284494828012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62644896531108885542018-06-25T19:30:37.811-05:002018-06-25T19:30:37.811-05:00Althouse needs a “like a fish needs a bicycle” tag...Althouse needs a “like a fish needs a bicycle” tag for posts lsuch as this.Left Bank of the Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494310302328322830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52208144407855462922018-06-25T18:54:28.958-05:002018-06-25T18:54:28.958-05:00The universality of hypergamy. Sad, but very huma...The universality of hypergamy. Sad, but very human.mezzrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478421535218939895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53105989018546858172018-06-25T18:30:31.628-05:002018-06-25T18:30:31.628-05:00Evolution (i.e. chaos) persists with Posterity. L...Evolution (i.e. chaos) persists with Posterity. Lots and lots of babies. Everything else is an article of faith, including: individual dignity, intrinsic value, reconciliation, stability, monotonic functions.<br /><br />She can achieve. He can overachieve. They can still find common ground on another plane. People are so one and even two-dimensional, and find comfort, or dread, in the relentless progress of time.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8411842725354441712018-06-25T18:05:51.967-05:002018-06-25T18:05:51.967-05:00Gahrie/mockturtle,
India and China are much close...Gahrie/mockturtle,<br /><br /><i>India and China are much closer and both in need of wives.</i><br /><br />Yeah, but those guys aren't any less obnoxious to their women than the Mongolian guys.<br /><br />Let me tell you, if I was a Chinese or Indian woman, & if I had a family that wouldn't disown me if I did it, I'd marry a Western guy in a heartbeat.<br /><br />Those men are often nasty to their women. I've worked in IT for 38 years now, & I've seen it up-close.YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60693493367664569762018-06-25T17:45:54.198-05:002018-06-25T17:45:54.198-05:00When other people made women's life choices fo...When other people made women's life choices for them, it didn't matter what they wanted, and Evolution didn't care what they wanted. Because it doesn't matter, evolutionarily, what you might happen to want, if you can't get it. But that's all changed, and Evolution is now paying close attention to what women want. Or rather, to the fact that an awful lot of women want some damn silly things, evolutionarily speaking. I'm not sure how long it will take for the new models to start coming out, but the designer is definitely at work. Pretty sure I'll never get to drive one. Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13561597002551441312018-06-25T17:41:55.300-05:002018-06-25T17:41:55.300-05:00Oh, I guess Gahrie had the same idea.Oh, I guess Gahrie had the same idea.mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.com