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From: dkbrink@ihnet.UUCP (d. k. brinkman)
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Subject: Re: Imagine a non-sexist society...
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Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 10:36:11 EDT
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> > 	A couple months ago I posted an article asking people to suggest what
> > sorts of qualities they imagined a non-sexist society to have. 
> 
> BORING!!!!
> 
> Unless the gene-splicers come up with a way of making us
> androgynous, the idea is flatly impossible. Equal rights for women
> (and men) is not the same as trying to erase all differences between
> the sexes. I think that many people are confused about this. I am
> not. I support equal *rights* whole-heartedly. The idea of a
> non-sexist society is absurd. The most interesting women I know are
> those that are not trying to deny their femininity, yet refuse to
> take any sh*t from men.
> 
> Best regards,
> Andy Cohill
> {allegra|ihnp4}houxm!whuxl!whuts!amc


The non-sexist society you imagine is non-sexual.  Boring, I agree.
Webster defines sexism as prejudice or discrimination based on sex;
especially discrimination against women.  The non-sexist society
I imagine is sexual, but without prejudice.

Diane Brinkman