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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
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Posted: Wed Dec 26 19:48:43 1984
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>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