Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site hammer.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!orca!hammer!seifert From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.social,net.women,net.flame Subject: Re: The Horrible thing nobody's had the guts to say about AA Message-ID: <1345@hammer.UUCP> Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 15:17:55 EDT Article-I.D.: hammer.1345 Posted: Sun Jun 23 15:17:55 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:29:03 EDT References: <686@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 31 Xref: watmath net.politics:9563 net.social:732 net.women:6059 net.flame:10756 Summary: really about college foolishness In article <686@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Beth Christy writes: >>The "Lady Godiva Day" sounds like standard college foolishness. >>If you don't want to be around college foolishness, don't go >>to college. > >I trust you forgot the ":-)" Snoopy. Not only does this sound amazingly >close to "if you don't want to be hassled, don't go where men might hassle >you", it also is extremely unhelpful advice to someone who is explaining >"why there are more qualified men than women in engineering", and who wishes >to rectify that. I'd say a ":-)" was definitely in order here. -sigh- try again: The "Lady Godiva Day" event, judging only by the description given in the original article (since I wasn't there to observe it myself), does sound like standard college foolishness. A bunch of college kids having one last fling at childishness before entering the sober adult world, causing a certain amount of disturbance and disruption, but usually nothing major. It is not clear how this event is "hassling women", perhaps you could explain. Perhaps you'd prefer for them to steal a hamburger figurehead? As far as the disruption goes, I'm not defending it, I'm saying that's the way it is, and there's not a whole lot that can be done to prevent it. If you have any good ideas here, we're all ears. Obviously it is possible to overdo it. The primary purpose of going to college is supposed to be learning, not to recreate the movie "Animal House". On the other hand, one cannot expect to live a totally sheltered life, devoid of any stress or hassle. Snoopy tektronix!hammer!seifert