Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxf!features From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) Newsgroups: net.women.only Subject: Re: celebration Message-ID: <2507@ihuxf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 17:15:11 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxf.2507 Posted: Mon Dec 10 17:15:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 04:13:48 EST References: <255@ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 22 Ginger, What a beautiful way to celebrate being a woman! I've heard it rumored among the multiparous women of my neighborhood that one's period was The Blessing, *not* The Curse. And either way, it's a lot better than what my father used to do: he would ask, "Are you `sick'?" How could I be "sick" when what was happening showed that I was healthy? I think how a woman approaches her menstruation reflects her feelings about her self, her body, and her role in society. Why should we go skulking about furtively? Men are so mystified by the whole process...bet they wouldn't be able to tell whether or not I am menstruating at any given time. Being a human being is something to celebrate, and I think that those of us born female can celebrate our femaleness, enjoy our individuality, and have loving relationships with males, all at the same time. -- aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features "Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night."