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From: chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: women's place
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 15:01:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  6 15:01:39 1985
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> 	The thought here which bothers me is How many of us out there
> in the world feel that our prime function in this world is to have babies.

> jeanette l. zobjeck				All opinions expressed

  Absolutely not.  On the other hand, it is the primary reason for
  the human race having both women and men.


> Since there are also many women who, for one reason or another, can not
> have children. Does that fact also make them useless, non-contributing
> hangers on in society or does the fact that they were born with a
> females body make them exempt from that concept. Is it only wrong to
> BECOME  (physically) a woman who can not have children because your
> body once had the wrong parts on it.

  No, don't let anyone tell you you have to have babies, or, for that
  matter, that you have to do anything.  Most such rules come from
  people trying to justify their own decisions by asking you to replicate
  them.
 

>Contrary to popular opinion, after a certain age, hacking does not fulfill
>all. 
>liz sommers

  As a non-hacker, I'm really glad to hear this.