Coffee, Tea or Hillary? |
| Published: November 14, 2007, 7:05 am |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, culture society, feminism, sexuality, hillary clinton, maureen dowd, new york times |
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Q. Who could possibly be "surprised" that in choosing women to date, men tend to prefer beauty over brains? A. An Ivy League professor. What is truly surprising is that Maureen Dowd thinks this commonplace about men's preferences has implications for Hillary's campaign strategy. Dowd propounds her odd theory in her column of this morning,, "Should Hillary Pretend to Be a Flight Attendant?" Dowd recounts the story of Columbia University professor Ray Fisman [whose wife, we're told, proposed to him]. So unsure was Fisman of what makes daters tick that he felt a two-year year study of people's preferences was justified. In some of the least surprising research results in academic history, he found that men are looking for good-looking women while women are more interested in a man's brains and ambition. Least surprising, that is, except to Fisman himself, according to Dowd. The results surprised him and made him a little sad because he found that even in the 21st [ Full article ] |
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