Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Imagine a non-sexist society... Message-ID: <5625@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 20:27:33 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.5625 Posted: Wed Aug 21 20:27:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 17:39:18 EDT References: <931@oddjob.UUCP> <235@whuts.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 22 > > 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. You're extremely confused about one thing. The meaning of the word "sexist". "Sexist" does not mean, "having sexual differences". It means "prejudiced against someone because of their sex". Look it up. Do you still think a non-sexist society would be absurd? or boring? I think it would be wonderful. And fascinating. Jeff Winslow