Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: "The Invisible Partners" Message-ID: <1477@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 09:28:50 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1477 Posted: Mon Aug 12 09:28:50 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 05:04:36 EDT References: <1528@utah-gr.UUCP> <1375@pyuxd.UUCP> <100@unc.unc.UUCP> <1443@pyuxd.UUCP> <120@unc.unc.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 19 >>> Because your response was so direct and assertive, I would say it was >>> masculine. Of course, your response would have been even more masculine, >>> had you threatened to beat up any dissenters. :-) [SILBERMANN] >>But the reason for my saying it at all was based on a sensitivity towards >>those who are hurt by such bogus misclassifications. Does that make it >>"feminine"? Oh dear, maybe I should put on women's clothing and hang >>around in bars... :-) [ROSEN] > Not at all. Part of the male role IS protector of the weak. > Provided, of course, that the weak recognize your dominance. Otherwise, > you've got to teach them a lesson in manners, first. :-) [SILBERMANN] I guess mothers must be masculine then, filling a "male role" when they watch over their little kids. Do you really believe this nonsense, Frank, or are you playing devil's advocate? -- Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen. Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr