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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Sexism
Message-ID: <3578@tekecs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 02:59:31 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 14 02:59:31 1984
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>>> I don't see anything wrong with smiling and kind words
>>> in the workplace.  Will you accuse me (a man)  of  not
>>> being  feminist  just  because  I  enjoy an occasional
>>> smile from a woman  co-worker?    I  take  the  little
>>> pleasures  life  offers me unexpectedly, even if I can
>>> relate their causes to my sexual nature.  I think that
>>> is   not  unconsistent  with  my  view  of  myself  as
>>> feminist.

> It all depends--how do you interact with your male co-workers?
> If it's not the same, then you are by definition a sexist.

oh, hogwash. Sexism is the belief that one sex is superior to
the other in some fundamental way. Enjoying a smile from a woman more
than from a man hardly qualifies. Do you think that only virgins
can be truly non-sexist? (note: rhetorical question only!)

Think about this: I'm going to react (or interact) differently to eating
an orange than I am to an apple - but I couldn't for the life of me say
which is superior. Difference *by itself* is not evidence of sexism.

Those of you who like to make analogies between sexism and racism please
note that the preference expressed above is a far cry from the
"separate but (ha ha) equal" conditions fostered by segregation.

                                              the picky,
                                               Jeff Winslow