Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-miles!chabot From: chabot@miles.DEC (L. S. Chabot) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: San Quentin strip searches -- a new twist Message-ID: <874@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 17:34:48 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.874 Posted: Mon Mar 4 17:34:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 03:58:22 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 23 Ed Gould == > > As far as reciprocal injustice goes, I'm willing to shoulder some of it > because I recognize that I'm part of a group that *is* responsible. (I don't > believe at all that this group is composed entirely of men, however. There > are many women in the world who contribute to their own oppression.) Yes, this is true about women: it can be described as women being raised with a flavor of misogyny--to distrust themselves and other women, as being somehow inadequate/inferior. To expect women to rise above everything they've been told is, well, isn't it expecting them to be superhuman? I feel it's a responsibility of mine to speak up when sexism or racism occurs around me. Does anybody else feel that this is just plain hard to do sometimes --hard to do because 1) sometimes you have to do it just so often, 2) it can be uncomfortable to speak up when you feel you're the only one who didn't laugh at a racist or sexist joke, 3) sometimes the thing's subtle and it can be hard to approach someone and express what you sensed. So, responsibilities sometimes get shirked. Also, I'm learning too. L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, LMO4/H4, 150 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752