From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxo!mts Newsgroups: net.general Title: net.women Article-I.D.: houxo.132 Posted: Fri Jan 7 15:58:38 1983 Received: Sat Jan 8 04:30:01 1983 Dear interested readers, As of 11:30 A.M. today, I've received 21 responses to my broadcast for a new group called net.women. I greatly appreciate the support from the 15 men and 3 women. Unfortunately, 3 men thought my idea as: - "ridiculous ... selfish, bigoted... disgusting... [and] vile" - not having enough to discuss [paraphrased] - "frivolous discussions, arbitrary chat" [I will ignore such comments, as they were in the minority, and coming from men who obviously were having a 'bad day', and totally misinter- preted my intent.] Anyway, I think such a newsgroup can greatly aid professional women at the technical, clerical, and service level, who are interested in professional and personal growth(thanks Cheryl). I also think that making it net.AA instead of net.women, we may be trying to handle too much(thanks Paul). What are your feelings? Here are some topics that I seem to hear most frequently discussed amongst women today: * eliminating sexual harassment * promoting women: seems that many women have been trained to fear the responsibilities of supervising * day-care of children of working parents to be company or federally supported * equal pay for equal worth: I understand women still, on the average, make only 59% of what men make * legalizing abortion I could go on, but I won't! NOTE: Please, if you really don't like this group, and since you're in the minority, don't clutter up the net.general files with your destructive criticism and flaming. The whole intent of this group is to build a network of supportive human beings who honestly can perceive some problems with how the world sometimes works, and to relieve some of the pain by discussing issues, sharing ideas and experiences, clearing the air, and providing necessary and vital contacts across the nation for the advancement of all. Finally, if anyone knows what requirements one must meet to create this new group, and whom to call, please let me know. Thank you. Mary T. Sarantakos (201) 922-7065