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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: masochism--remember 'Mr. Goodbar'?
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Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 16:56:40 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 23 16:56:40 1984
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I don't think that female masochism is a myth, in the sense of being a
falsehood.  It's a tendency I've noticed in many of the women I've
known, and one that has a lot of subtle reinforement from our culture.
It may be a dark and nasty thing, but I think there is a definite
tendancy for women to be self-deprecating, even to the point of
inviting hurt to themselves.  The myth here is the claim that there is
something natural about this, or that masochistic women need to stay
that way.  And it is such myths that must be destroyed--a denial that
a problem exists simply lets the problem remain.

		-Ed Hall
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