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From: chabot@miles.DEC (All God's chillun got guns)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: PMS
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 10:07:17 EDT
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Here's Ross's first six rules, with the gender removed:
1)	Compare personality to usual personality
2)	Is it about normal?  If yes, then jump out of loop
3)	Acting weird for no apparant reason?
4)	If there does seem to be a reason, then jump out of loop
5)	Acting irritable?  Posting nasty things to the net
	on discussions that are already played out?  
	Use coarseness when doesn't have to?  Looking
	for any opportunity to jump down someone's throat?
6)	If no, then leave loop
...

A lot of people, male and female, I know at times would be in this loop
(incidentally, Ross, you forgot to state the beginning of the loop) at various
times.  What's to prevent, say, just having gotten out of a stressful and
unpleasant meeting to temporarily change someone's personality?  Or what about 
before that first essential cup of coffee in the morning (or is that just 
habit)?  Or if they didn't get that raise?  Or if there are extremely
disruptful and distressing things going on at home--yes, I know, we should 
keep our professional and social lives separate--but how many people operate
as normal when they're going through an unpleasant divorce? if their kid
just ran off to join the Moonies? the klingons just repossessed the van? they
didn't get enough sleep last night?  they've only been getting sleep lately?
they have a sunburn? they have unpleasant creditors? a hangover? or that
pre-hungover condition?

Ross, you must meet a lot of males who experience PMS, no?  I must, if I 
follow those rules.

No, it's not reasonable to assume that because of a temporary change
in personality that a woman may be suffering from PMS.  It's actually pretty
rude behavior to make such arbitrary assumptions.

L S Chabot   ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot   chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa