IN THE MID-1970s, Florida State psychologist Russell  Clark was giving a talk at a public forum on campus. In the ensuing  question and answer session, he, in the words of his compatriot 
Elaine Hatfield, "dropped a bomb":
  “A woman, good looking or not, doesn’t  have to worry about timing in searching for a man. Arrive at any time.  All she has to do is point an inviting finger at any man, whisper ‘Come  on ‘a my place,’ and she’s made a conquest. Most women can get any man  to do anything they want. Men have it harder. They have to worry about  strategy, timing, and tricks.”
 As you might expect, a great many women in the crowd took umbrage  with those remarks. One even decided that her pencil would make a better  spear than a writing utensil, and sent it flying in his direction.