I didn't see anything in that letter that indicated quality of life for Danish women was low, unless you count the low sperm count of the Danish men and their alleged propensity to marry foreign wives. Barkley Rosser On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 20:41:37 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Barkley said the other day that Danish women were among the best-off in the
> world. Here's a different view, in a letter in the new Economist:
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> The old-fashioned way
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> SIR - Anne Marie Berggren (Letters, August 15th) forgets to mention the
> reverse side of women's liberation in Scandinavia. "Good-quality childcare"
> means that children in kindergartens and schools are under the control of
> women, who account for 90% of the staff, until the age of15. Boys are
> brainwashed to be sweet and gentle like girls and to avoid rough games.
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> We have more homosexual marriages and a lower sperm count than anywhere
> else. At the age of 40 men suffer from stress and nervous disorders, and
> spend more on medicines for stomach cramps and indigestion than men
> anywhere else. The life span for Danish men has diminished to 67 years, one
> of the lowest in the western world.
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> More and more men are going to far-away places to find wives with
> old-fashioned ideas of love and understanding. His Royal Highness Prince
> Joakim went to Hong Kong to find an Anglo-Chinese wife.
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> Carl Eriksen
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> Skovlunde, Denmark
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-- Rosser Jr, John Barkley rosserjb at jmu.edu