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...dressed," says Andrea Baker, a sociologist at Ohio University. She sees the Internet as a haven for the shy, the tongue tied and the thoughtful. "You have the chance to think about what you say and revise what you say and add to what you say." Also, says Jim Fraenkel, 29, a New York television producer, "all of a sudden, there's a forum for meeting people that doesn't involve alcohol or staying out till 4 in the morning...
...person and city to city. When a surfer finds a profile he likes, rather than have an ice-breaking conversation on the chat-room bulletin board, he'll usually send an instant message to the potential paramour with an invitation to a private room. Says TV producer Jim Fraenkel, 29: "You don't even have to say anything, and within a few minutes you'll start getting [instant messages] from people who are reading your profile...
There were five couples--all in their 20s and 30s--in the workshop run earlier this year by Peter Fraenkel, director of the PREP Couples Program at New York University's Child Study Center. Fraenkel noticed something curious: when four of the men showed an eagerness to share their feelings more extensively with their partner, the response was, in effect, "What is this guy's problem? He's so needy...
After years of begging men to be more emotional...like women...is it possible that women are finally getting tougher...like men? Fraenkel speculates that on the cutting edge of gender evolution, ironically, each sex may be sliding into some of the other's former roles. "Men have been encouraged to actualize their more feminine side to be a healthy male," he says, "and independence has become an important emotional statement for women...
...individual investors continue to wait on the sidelines. Some are even taking advantage of the high prices to sell shares. Says William Rajsky, a Merrill Lynch account executive in Peoria, III.: "This is not the usual market. The little guys aren't buying, they're selling." Fred Fraenkel, director of investment strategy for E.F. Hutton, who analyzes the habits of his firm's 850,000 customers, agrees. Says he: "So far the buying orders have come almost exclusively from institutional and foreign investors. The cash customer, on the other hand, has been a net seller...