窈窕淑女,君子好逑——《诗经》里的这个名句,从字面上肯定了恋慕美女、择其为偶是光明正大的高尚之举,根本无所谓虚荣或浅薄。然而现实从未吻合于理想状态,“高帅富”和“屌丝”这样的称谓,把求偶男子按财力、社会地位、容貌等硬条件划定等级,等级低下却又妄想高攀者,碰壁的概率据说较大,还要付出被污名化的代价。不管什么样的男人,或多或少都与媒人这个行当接触过,这些专业说媒拉纤的善于估价,会按客户的需要去市场上物色下家。伯纳德·马拉默德的短篇小说《魔桶》写了个不合格的媒人,名叫萨尔兹曼。他的客户是一位刚刚从犹太教学府毕业、即将出任拉比的年轻人利奥,委托萨尔兹曼为他收集适龄女子的信息。可是这位媒人辱没了使命,连续 窈 窕 Lady, a gentleman 逑 逑 - “The Book of Songs,” the famous, literally affirmed the admiration for beauty, choose to act in splendor of the noble move, it does not matter vanity or superficial. However, the reality has never been in line with the ideal state, “high handsome ” and “reeling ” this appellation, the courtship man according to financial resources, social status, appearance and other hard conditions delineated the level of low but delusional , The probability of hitting the wall is said to be greater, but also to pay the price of being stigmatized. No matter what kind of man, have more or less contact with the matchmaker this profession, these professionals say that the media is good at valuing, according to the needs of customers to go to the market to find the next home. Bernard Malamud’s short story “Magic Barrel” wrote an unqualified matchmaker, Saltzman. His client, Leo, a young man who just graduated from the Jewish school and is about to serve as Rabi, has commissioned Salzman to collect information on the right age for him. However, this matchmaker disgraced the mission, continuous