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<b>Message ID:</b> 25891 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Mon Feb 18 16:05:10 GMT 2002 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Talies the Wanderer <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [eqbards] [OT] Fascinating Article <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-1482822401">At 06:06 AM 2/18/2002 -0800, you wrote:<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;Skimming the article, a bizarre statistical quirk appears...69% of women play<br/>
&gt;with a &quot;romantic partner&quot;, while only 16% of men do.<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;So who the hell are the partners the additional 53% of women are playing<br/>
&gt;with? Shouldn&#39;t the two numbers for the two sexes be nearly identical? Are<br/>
&gt;52% of the women lesbians, 26% playing with the other 26%?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The statistical quirk results from the difference in numbers between male <br/>
and female players.  It&#39;s possible for 69% of women to equal 16% of men, if <br/>
there are that many more men (as we see in the statistics - over 2000 men <br/>
vs less than 400 women)<br/>
<br/>
Talies</div>