We can't help but be a little upset at the biased opinion in the article "UNC's Magical '60-40 Ratio': It's All Crap" printed on Feb.18. I mean really, we'd love to help him with his compromise, but not all of us are shallow women. Also he's highly underestimating the generalized comments of guys at Chapel Hill. Not only are guys either gay or taken, they also either act indecent or only have the nerve to talk to girls when they're drunk, not to generalize of course. Also not all females who complain about the ratio are insecure, fact of the matter is just because there is a higher percentage of females than there are males does not entitle "two girls for every boy." So really, he must just hang out with shallow insecure females, because the rest of us just joke about the ratio and then get on with our lives. The fact is girls do have standards, and we're not just going to lower our standards and our idea of attraction just so the obvious couples could be made. Would it be better if we walked around with signs on our backs that announced we're single and the dates and times we're available? A lot of times women are waiting for guys to make the first move. Grant it, that is the more traditional aspect, and some women are comfortable asking guys out, but some us would like men to ask us out, or at least make an initiative to talk to us. And you can't honestly say that guys don't girl bash just like girls guy bash. This entire article could be turned around to the other perspective about how guys have it so good with the ratio and girls are the ones being left or played or looked over. Honestly, most guys talk about how many girls they do have. So here's the deal, we want honest relationships with guys that we're attracted to and that make an equal effort in getting and maintaining the relationship. So if guys don't have dates for Valentine's Day, it's not necessarily the fault of the women or the men. Sometimes you just got to take it like they come.
Jessica Morgan Stafford
Sophomore
English
