Maureen Dowd, the liberal shrill, actually wrote a non-political piece about modern feminism and the hard choices women have to make about sacrificing career vs family, or even to find a guy. Powerful women, according to her, will have a very difficult time finding mates; men would rather marry their assistants. I guess that's a cozy theory. I'd rather marry someone close to my equal, so I didn't have to worry about being the sole bread provider. What is interesting to me is all of the things that women 'must' do in 2005 didn't happen to us. We got married at a reasonable age, we both had the same income, we will both be PhDs, she will almost assuredly make more money than I (fine by me), she didn't change her name (theKnot.com says that 80% of women now do) (but in science women tend not to change their names). Anyway, i'm glad, really really glad, I no longer have to worry about 'the chase', finding the perfect girl (i did, of course), endless series of dates, night clubs and bars...