Tip for Men and Women #19: Regarding Peremptory Norms

This is perhaps "one from the heart", since I happen to be such that the term "lawyer" applies to me.

Something that's amusing me lately is how many profiles specifically exclude lawyers. Some explicitly, in the "what am I looking for" section. Most, however, in the "your goods" section. Invariably, she'll be willing to accept "some high school" right up to "PhD/PostDoc".

Basically, you're saying that you'd rather date somebody who may or may not even have their high-school equivalency than somebody who got 7 (or in my case, 6) years of post-secondary education? Obviously, smart and worthwhile are not directly causally related to oodles of higher education, but surely they're correlated, right?

So as smart and perspicacious as you are, you're still really that prejudiced against lawyers?Myself, I'm not the CrackBerry addicted, power-suit wearing boring lawyer type that fits the stereotype of what you probably think a lawyer is, so more than anything, I find this anti-lawyer thing curious (and REALLY amusing). Is our reputation really that bad?

A few other peremptory norms that I find amusing:

(1) No republicans! I'm apolitical, but can you people really not abstract from politics when you're shagging? I mean, seriously!
(2) No blondes! Some guy actually said 'no blondes'! What???
(3) Nobody who is a poor speller. Okay, maaaaybe.
(4) Nobody under/over such-and-such height. Specific heights usually listed.
(5) No perverts. QUOI??
(6) Nobody who likes hiphop and/or dance and/or opera and/or country and/or top-40 and/or R&B and/or adult contemporary and/or Enya. Who cares what kind of music anybody else listens to??
(7) Nobody whose favourite movie is "The English Patient". (REALLY!)
( 8 ) Nobody who takes more time getting ready than I do and/or has more hair products than I do and/or wears more make-up than I do.
(9) No (insert sports team here) fans. *Eyeroll*
(10) Nobody with a (insert regionality here) accent. *Big eyeroll*
(11) Nobody over/under (insert age here), if denying all messages from people not of the appropriate age group. *HUGE eyeroll*

Okay, that's all for now. Please feel free to comment with more.