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From: chabot@amber.DEC (l s chabot)
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Subject: Re: Male voices over female commercials
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 11:30:25 EST
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Kevyn Collins-Thompson  ==  >
> I hardly think that "male voices in female commercials" are something to get
> so uppity about.  Quit the "women of the world, unite!" stuff.  I agree that
> discrimination in ANY form, against men OR women, is unacceptable.  There is 
> no need, though for your type of reaction, which ranges on paranoia. 

"Come on now", yourself, Kevyn: try to imagine things from someone else's point
of view.  If women are annoyed by the addition of a male voice for the purpose
of adding authority to commercials aimed at women, respect the fact that they
have a right to the opinions.  Labelling such disagreements that they have
as bordering on paranoia is just adding to the problem--the problem IS
discrimination: in this case, it's the prejudice that women aren't sufficient
to convey authority or informed opinion, it's the prejudice that women want to
hear that a man says it's okay to do.  Sure, if everything was equal now, 
probably nobody would care who spoke during commercials.  But that's not the
way things are, yet.

Since women have been raised mostly to be quieter than men and to listen to
men's opinions as being superior to their own, actually, "women of the world,
unite!" is a very good thing to call out--in uniting, women can discover the
equal importance of their opinions and concerns, which is a fact which when
those opinions were kept quiet and subordinate before men, could not be
realized.  For instance: women were not given the vote by some generous men,
the suffragettes had to meet and decide they want it and join with others to
have the power and the numbers to bring their wants to public attention.

L S Chabot
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