... it’s very difficult to believe that any of them thinks a 46-year-old married woman with ten children, including a 6-month-old baby, is interested in sex with them.Well, she's obviously interested in sex with somebody.
Very interesting. That certainly never occurred to me when I was employed.
Without reading the details of the original study, I wonder if the researchers made a distinction between “opposite sex friends” and “polite working relationship.” One need not be “friends” with coworkers of either sex in order to work together in a civilized way. I have polite working relationships with men in Scouts and church ministry ... it’s very difficult to believe that any of them thinks a 46-year-old married woman with ten children, including a 6-month-old baby, is interested in sex with them.
And does anyone other than me have a problem with the designation of people in their 20s and 30s as “emerging adults”?
So......it has no effect on the unemployed? :-)
Asinine comment. (not yours, the so-called designation)
“I have polite working relationships with men in Scouts and church ministry ... it’s very difficult to believe that any of them thinks a 46-year-old married woman with ten children, including a 6-month-old baby, is interested in sex with them.”
They don’t rationally believe it could possibly happen but the thought of fantasy exists. Someone with self control doesn’t act on his thoughts but it is impossible to not have them in the first place.
Considering that I'm in my 30's and own two businesses, Meghan Casserly's number won't be going in my little black book anytime soon.
... it’s very difficult to believe that any of them thinks a 46-year-old married woman with ten children, including a 6-month-old baby, is interested in sex with them.Well, she's obviously interested in sex with somebody.
I don’t know what else you call 20 and 30 year olds who have not emerged from their parents basements. Adult just doesn’t seem to fit.
Yeah. This article looks like liberal projection. "I can't control myself, so obviously no one else can.", or somesuch rationalization.
I work with women every day. No sex. Frankly, it really doesn't ever cross my mind. The only time I mention it to my wife is when something might look improper - for instance, I'm meeting a (female) potential client for lunch this week. I've no idea what she's like or what she looks like (only talked on the phone), but I don't want Mrs WBill to even get a sniff of a wrong idea.
And does anyone other than me have a problem with the designation of people in their 20s and 30s as “emerging adults”?
Nah, I don't like it either. Gives you some insight as to the mentality of the writer of this piece.
Someone did (your husband?) and recently. How do you figure pregnancy does not conjure sexual fantasy?
Yes, I do! It appears to be a trend in that the age of indisputable adulthood has increased consistently over the years. We can read about 12 year olds leaving their homes and becoming apprentices and cabin boys and the like in the 1800s. The "Child Labor Laws" addressed a very real problem that was common to all the Industrial Revolution societies.
Now, we have laws on the books that can be interpreted as extending a form of childhood to age 26 (obamacare insurance coverage). We have the apocryphal stories about the 'professional students' who delay graduation as far as is possible. We have the permanent 'protest movement' which appears to consist of these ages we are discussing who's salient feature appears to be "no adult employment" (or desire for any).
Our society is far more flexible than ever before but can it take 25%+ minority youth unemployment? Can we expect entry-level learning jobs to be made available when our lawmakers seek to raise "minimum wage" to $10/hour? Can you be an adult, emerging or otherwise, without making a living on your own?
I recently ran into the exact opposite situation. I was at a conference where one of the break-out sessions was "So, what to do now that you've reached the middle of your career." I thought that sounded interesting, so I wandered over to the room. I was the oldest person in the room by at least 15 years (I'm under 50), including the speaker, who might have been 30. Room was completely filled with Gen-Yers, all complaining about their bosses not taking them seriously. I wanted to stand up and say, "maybe it's because you're 27 years old, and you think you're already at the middle point of your career." I just got up and left. It's amazing the dichotomy, where they want to be treated like they're mid-level management, but they still want to be on their parents' health insurance plans.