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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Sheenagh Pugh wrote... >I thought it was self-evident that the best thing >any woman could be was 18 --- Sheenagh, 'Twas me who claimed it was sexist. And I think you rather prove my point when you add... >or any man, come to >that. ...since this isn't what the Gentleman says. I didn't think it was, in itself, likely to be offensively sexist, and as Helen (I think) said, it made a great punch-line. Nevertheless, it seems to me that it's indicative of someone who regards women and men very differently, with the former having a primarily decorative function. I interpreted the Gentleman's remark as suggesting that it was for the man's benefit that the woman was 18. I suppose it could be that he was suggesting that men hold their truthfulness above their beauty, and women vice versa. But that would make it worse, wouldn't it? Best, -- Peter http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%