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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Emotions and choice
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 10:44:21 EDT
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>>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 ]

I didn't say "a woman in our society" (which sounds like I meant generically
women in general, which I did not).  I was specifically referring to women
who fit the example I described above.  Just asserting "there is ALWAYS a
choice" sounds very pompous and empty to me, sorry.  Can you describe
how such a woman could make a different and hopefully better choice without
some change in her life that alters her mindset and shows her these
other alternatives?
-- 
"Meanwhile, I was still thinking..."
				Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr