Re: Women Don't Ask
Um, who says the male libido decreases over the 20s and 30s? :-D David Levenstam In a message dated 1/28/04 3:05:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Following the analogy of price control, any evidence that the group advocating > >aggressive relationship bargining are the same ones who would generally >benefit > >by such a policy? On a related note, do the strength of male/female bargining > >positions in a long term relationship change as male libido decreases over >their > >20's and 30's and female libido peaks around 35-38? (Think "Battle of >the > >Sexes" over several periods...) Wild conjectures welcomed. > > > >-- John Morrow
Re: Women Don't Ask
Following the analogy of price control, any evidence that the group advocating aggressive relationship bargining are the same ones who would generally benefit by such a policy? On a related note, do the strength of male/female bargining positions in a long term relationship change as male libido decreases over their 20's and 30's and female libido peaks around 35-38? (Think "Battle of the Sexes" over several periods...) Wild conjectures welcomed. -- John Morrow Quoting Bryan Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just read the well-reviewed *Women Don't Ask* by Babcock and > Laschever. Main thesis: Women should bargain harder. > > It is frankly kind of silly. The whole book makes it sound like > aggressive bargaining is a strictly dominant strategy, so women will > definitely be better off if they do more of it. It never considers the > obvious possibility that women will price themselves out of a job. Nor > does it explore the interesting possibility that one reason female > employees are doing so well in spite of obvious child-related drawbacks > is precisely that employers know that they are less likely to demand > more money. > > The book also tries to get women to bargain more aggressively in > relationships. I think this is another case where feminist norms are > likely to function as a price control - some women will get a better > deal, but a lot of others will be unable to get married because their > standards are too high. > -- > Prof. Bryan Caplan > Department of Economics George Mason University > http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn." > > --Chief Wiggum, *The Simpsons* >
Re: Women Don't Ask
It's funny that current feminist ideology holds traditional "male behavior" in contempt and then insists that women engage in it. David Levenstam In a message dated 1/28/04 11:45:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I just read the well-reviewed *Women Don't Ask* by Babcock and >Laschever. Main thesis: Women should bargain harder. > >It is frankly kind of silly. The whole book makes it sound like >aggressive bargaining is a strictly dominant strategy, so women will >definitely be better off if they do more of it. It never considers the >obvious possibility that women will price themselves out of a job. Nor >does it explore the interesting possibility that one reason female >employees are doing so well in spite of obvious child-related drawbacks >is precisely that employers know that they are less likely to demand >more money. > >The book also tries to get women to bargain more aggressively in >relationships. I think this is another case where feminist norms are >likely to function as a price control - some women will get a better >deal, but a lot of others will be unable to get married because their >standards are too high.
Women Don't Ask
I just read the well-reviewed *Women Don't Ask* by Babcock and Laschever. Main thesis: Women should bargain harder. It is frankly kind of silly. The whole book makes it sound like aggressive bargaining is a strictly dominant strategy, so women will definitely be better off if they do more of it. It never considers the obvious possibility that women will price themselves out of a job. Nor does it explore the interesting possibility that one reason female employees are doing so well in spite of obvious child-related drawbacks is precisely that employers know that they are less likely to demand more money. The book also tries to get women to bargain more aggressively in relationships. I think this is another case where feminist norms are likely to function as a price control - some women will get a better deal, but a lot of others will be unable to get married because their standards are too high. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn." --Chief Wiggum, *The Simpsons*
