Susan - I was appalled when I read the news story about this woman, then felt sad for her in being so desperate that she would get drunk and call 911 with her "emergency." I thought we had moved past the notion that "a woman is nothing without a man" a long time ago. Certainly there is a lot of data today on the ways women have advanced in life, including obtaining higher levels of education; gaining a wider variety of choices in ways to be economically self-sufficient and even trends that show women are remaining single, by choice, for a longer period. This level of desperation is baffling, just like calling 911 for anything other than a real emergency.
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Susan - I was appalled when I read the news story about this woman, then felt sad for her in being so desperate that she would get drunk and call 911 with her "emergency." I thought we had moved past the notion that "a woman is nothing without a man" a long time ago. Certainly there is a lot of data today on the ways women have advanced in life, including obtaining higher levels of education; gaining a wider variety of choices in ways to be economically self-sufficient and even trends that show women are remaining single, by choice, for a longer period. This level of desperation is baffling, just like calling 911 for anything other than a real emergency.
June 9, 2010 - 6:50pmThis Comment
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