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From: stan@hou2f.UUCP (S.GLAZER)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Degradation and Sex
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 13:14:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 15 13:14:08 1985
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	Tracy's explainations on attitudes are quite plausable and 
acceptable with regard to the discussions here on degradation, sex
and pornography.  I would further qualify, however, her findings
that "... people who assume that their own cultural attitudes are 
the most desireable are pretty close minded and intolerant" would
relate only to those who try to place those attitudes on others and
not to those who keep such thoughts self contained.  Further, Tracy
states that"... this particular attitude stems from fear and insecurity:
a less than mature response to the criticism implied by non-agreement."
Fear and insecurity could be an inmature response to criticism.  This
however, does not reflect fear and insecurity derived from past
experiences (near term knowledge) or from history (long term knowledge).
Try, for example, to tell the American Indians that their fear of 
loosing their cultural attitudes (which I am quite sure they feel is
desireable) is an inmature act of insecurity.

	The fact that any cultural minority group retains those
cultural attitudes is proof that they feel those attitudes are
the most desireable for them.  The fact that they continue to
be a minority group is proof that others, by non-agreement, do not
accept that view.  If that minority group is critised for those
attitudes, then depending on the extent and form of the criticism,
there may indeed be a valid and mature basis for their fear and
insecurity.

					Stan Glazer
					AT&T-Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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