Marco M. Pardi QoD:

Thanks, Dana. My response is: Wow! Apparently Vampirella has excellent sources. I do remember saying this, because the context was so offensive. In the mid-1970’s I was an early 30’s tenured – and recently divorced – professor at a state college. The co-ed student body was predominantly female, ranging in age from 18 to middle age. Many of the women were quite stunning.

Between classes I stopped for coffee in the crowded faculty lounge and two fellow faculty loudly called out to me, asking if I were dating any of the “many” young women who were coming to my office and obviously making themselves available. I was stunned nearly silent, but managed to speak the quote Vampirella cites.

As one of the youngest faculty, I can’t imagine many of those in the lounge are still living. Perhaps Vampirella is the granddaughter of one of them and heard the story passed down. I seem to think Vampirella lives somewhere in Eastern Europe. Nonetheless, that quote embodies the ethic I maintained while teaching at that college and at several subsequent colleges and universities until I retired from teaching. Marco

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