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From: smk@wxlvax.UUCP (Simon Kao)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: signing letters
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 09:19:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 09:19:19 1985
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Here's something I haven't seen discussed after a year reading net.singles.
Many women, when signing letters, use the format: love, so-and-so. This seems
to be the prefered way of signing even to casual acquaintances, at least for
some women. Men, on the other hand, seem hardly ever to sign as such. Why is
this? Is it that tried and true reason: societal pressures don't allow men the
freedom to express themselves? Or is it something else? And, does how one signs
mean anything, or does it really matter?