Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version Tektronix Network News Daemon (B 2.10.2 based); site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!moiram From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Emotions and choice Message-ID: <5576@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 17:01:40 EDT Article-I.D.: tektroni.5576 Posted: Wed Aug 7 17:01:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 06:28:56 EDT References: <1308@pyuxd.UUCP> <375@oliven.UUCP> <1345@pyuxd.UUCP> <291@tove.UUCP> <1393@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 15 In article <1393@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes: >What about "choosing" to STAY in the situation? Have you any idea how >many women "choose" to do just that, because 1) they've been indoctrinated >(by church and family and country music records) that it's the morally >correct thing to "stand by your man" and 2) they cannot envision any other >possible choice because of the success of this indoctrination. Is it a >choice when you know NO OTHER WAY????? There is ALWAYS a choice. To say that a woman in our society "knows no other way" seems a little short-sighted. It may not seem like a viable alternative; it may not be an easy alternative, but it is an alternative. Moira Mallison tektronix!moiram