Who Needs Whom More?
January, 1988
Do men need women more than women need men? When women finally achieved a tenuous form of financial independence, we all began asking ourselves, "Who needs whom more?"Come with me. I'm going to go all over town to eavesdrop on scenes between couples, between friends, and see how they grapple with the question.Scene one: A well-appointed dining room, where an eminent physicist is having dinner with his new wife, a part-time sweater designer.Wife: Of course men need women more than we ne...
