Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliven.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!oliveb!oliven!hawk From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: In defense of Jeff S. in net.women.only... Message-ID: <783@oliven.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 19:48:43 EST Article-I.D.: oliven.783 Posted: Wed Dec 26 19:48:43 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 01:53:33 EST References: <1712@zehntel.UUCP><322@dicomed.UUCP> <637@bunker.UUCP> Organization: Symposium on Alchoholism Lines: 14 >Many people seem to find Jeff statement objectionable, and I don't see >why. As a married man, I feel I ought to know something about menstrual >cramps and what to do about them, in order to understand and be able to >help my wife. Jeff is not married yet, so, he doesn't need the information >now, but he might, when and if he does marry. So why is Jeff's statement >so objectionable? Is it because people think that since men don't have >menstrual cramps, they should studiously avoid knowing anything about >them? Yeah, and since the girls don't have these things that we're hiding behind our zippers (and never will have them, nyah-nyah!) we should keep all knowledge about them secret and they should studiously avoid finding out about them. rick