Letter: In Brief

Sir: The problem that Janet has encountered (Matrimonial notes, 18 February) in the unavailability of suitable men, is due to the emotional trait that money represents power. Men don't like marrying women who are more powerful then they - and women don't like being more powerful than the men they marry either. So as their economic emancipation results in a growing number of wealthy and independent women, the supply of men who are wealthier and equally self-confident reduces. I don't have a solution, but one will never be found while the emotional asymmetry of the male- female relationship is ignored or denied.

ANGUS JOHNSON

Tonbridge, Kent