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