Ok, so women and even men want to keep their cell phone private.
I can respect that and think it is a good idea. (* Having had a stalker or two with multiple calls from time of drop off at the end of a first date to the time I got home. *)
Yet I have to ask, this leads to a social issue in my personal case.
If women think e-mails are impersonal, as you cannot hear the voice and to time consuming and to slow to share information. They want to guard their privacy, which is good. Yet many also do not want to call a male. So if I give out my cell phone number which allows them to hit *67 to make private when they call me. She could hear my voice, and also get the information she is looking for.
So, while privacy and self protection are important, this might lead to a more breaking of more traditional values which means the female not only should want, but should call first to protect her privacy.
While I agree the private number would be nice for many. I know I have gotten calls from people upward of two years on land lines after I had the number. And before one could keep their cell number I have gotten calls for others ranging from people looking for references or collections and even a very interesting message for a meeting in a text message. I replied back that this was a new number for me, and she had sent it to the wrong person. She flirted back in text. I replied it was a company phone and not to contact me any more please. She called me. Once she got my answer on the phone, she realized it was a company cell phone. She apologized, and asked me to delete the messages, as the number had belonged to an undercover officer, hence the flirting, figuring he had lost his phone and would get who ever had it to show up.
I think the idea is good. I also think our social norms need to change mroe as well. But that is just my personal opinion.
