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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: handwriting
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Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 06:30:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 29 06:30:33 1985
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> 
> 	Why does it SEEM to be a standard rule that the handwriting of women
> is far superiour to that of men?  While a women'n writing is usually quite
> elegant with lovely rounded characters, the scrawl from men's pens is usually
> illegible. Stranger still, while I know of men with "better than average"
> script, I really can't think of any women who get complaints about their
> handwriting.
>                        (Lance Bailey @ UWO  Comp Sci, London, Canada)

But I *like* my scrawl.

I think you're overstating it, but it's also my experience that it's unusual
for a woman to have really terrible handwriting, just as it is unusual for a
man to have really elegant handwriting.  I think women in our society are
taught to pay a lot more attention to how things look than men do.  This goes
for personal appearance and the appearance of surroundings.  This is just a
generalization, so no flames, please.

I've noticed that my handwriting has really deteriorated over the past few
years.  I think this is because I do almost all my writing on the computer.
Has anyone else had this experience?
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..."

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