Dr. O. writes: Is it that females are, for some reason, more mature on average than males in the W. Hemisphere? (Carol Gilligan and Nel Nodding seem to corroborate this hypothesis.) And if that is the case, what accounts for the maturity-differential? I, myself, have always been drawn to older women, ever since the age of 10. (Montrealish ethics, and a very liberal post-Trudeauish cosmopolitan society has alot to do with it. I'll never forget Maxine.) *Me too, usually. I was married to a woman several years older than myself. In six years of teaching college in China I have never had an affair with a student, and not for lack of opportunity. I'm not sure though that it would necessarily be unethical, unless the Montreal sague wishes to present an argument to that effect. O.K. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html