Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 Apollo 4/10/84; site apollo.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!wivax!apollo!alan From: alan@apollo.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: the great bathroom conspiracy (sorry if this gets there twice) Message-ID: <1fc726f0.1f5@apollo.uucp> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 13:27:38 EDT Article-I.D.: apollo.1fc726f0.1f5 Posted: Tue Jun 5 13:27:38 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 19:28:35 EDT References: <1068@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass. Lines: 40 Those of us who have been around for (more than) a few years know that this example of sexual dimorphism was first discovered by that great sociologist - Dr. William Cosby. I think it was one of his "lectures" on the "Why is There Air?" album... :-) Lisa Chabot's analysis of this behavior: >>> It serves a protective function: I've found that you're less >>> likely to get hassled or pinched if you can travel in a >>> pack is a depressing commentary on the social skills of some fraction of the male population. It is difficult for me to comprehend the attitudes of people who find it necessary to behave in that manner. This is similar to learning about the Nazi atrocities in WWII. [...I am not equating "pinching" with "gassing"...] It is hard to believe that such wholesale de-personalization could occur; but it did. Similarly, I suspect it is hard for a white person to really understand what a crummy deal blacks get in terms of general social attitudes. Oh well, I just finished re-reading "The Devil's Dictionary", that always leaves me feeling pessimistic and slightly depressed about the human race. Al Lehotsky ----------------------------------- I'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in?