Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ginger From: ginger@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ginger Grover) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Woman for President Message-ID: <337@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Jul-83 11:47:16 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.337 Posted: Thu Jul 21 11:47:16 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jul-83 05:43:08 EDT Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 16 Re: Article-I.D.: ittvax.870 You seem to be implying that serious questions should not be dis- cussed because someone might get offended. Nuts. The question "Would you vote for a woman for U. S. president?" IS a bit silly, and for the very reasons you and others have mentioned -candi- dates should be judged on individual merit. However, it hasn't been all that long ago when the idea of women even VOTING was considered silly and/or inflammatory, and there was a time when men debated whether women had souls. If our foremothers had not forced people to think and discuss issues, we would never have got the vote. And the issue here is not so much women's ability to lead, as it is the unthinking assumption the our leaders must/will be male. ssc-vax!ginger