Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site cdp Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!cdp!scott From: scott@cdp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Please forget all about ties! Message-ID: <4900010@cdp> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 22:16:00 EST Article-I.D.: cdp.4900010 Posted: Sat Nov 2 22:16:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 20:29:56 EST References: <4492@alice.UUCP> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:alice.UUCP:-449200:cdp:4900010:000:772 Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!scott Nov 2 19:16:00 1985 > What is important is that both sexes suffer from imbecillic rules, > societal pressures and the like. Most people here don't > disagree, but some clearly do. I don't disagree that that both men and women suffer, I just find it irrelevant. It's just as irrelevant as saying that whites and blacks both suffer from racism. You can't reduce sexism or racism to such simple logic; they're not the same as, say, discrimination based on black hair vs brown hair. They're wrapped up in very major societal power imbalances that cause significantly more damage to members of one group. Scott Weikart Community Data Processing: 415-322-9069 {decwrl,sun,bellcore,megatest,adobe,hplabs,...}!glacier!cdp!scott {ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax,cbosgd,hao,purdue,duke,...}!hplabs!cdp!scott