From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!randvax!sdcarl!lin
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Title: Coed jokes
Article-I.D.: sdcarl.508
Posted: Fri Aug  6 17:18:19 1982
Received: Tue Aug 10 01:07:24 1982

These "jokes" should be confined to net.jokes.q, although they
are not of questionable taste.  They are definitely of insensitive,
hostile, and disgusting taste.  First of all the use of the term
"coed" to refer to women in sexist.  It perpetrates the idea that
schools are for men and that women are like also-rans.  These
jokes perpeetrate judgments that the worth of a woman is based on
how a man treats her - i.e., how often a man asks her out, etc.
We women will continue to define our own self worth on the basis
of our own achievements as whole persons.  Furthermore, attitudes
such as those of the authors of these jokes will not deter
women from attending schools such as M.I.T.  Women will continue
to pursue their goals without intimidation, just as Elizabeth
Blackwell, the first women doctor, did in her day when people
ridiculed her.
				Linda Seltzer