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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: skirt-wearing
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Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 19:41:53 EST
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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Perhaps the two people quoted below really don't disagree, but
are just talking about the same thing from different angles.  I
think that if neither sex is disadvantaged economically,
politically or socially, then we (society) will have done the
best we can.  How a member of either sex feels about doing
something or wearing something will then be an internal matter
for that person to resolve.  At the moment, women are clearly
still disadvantaged politically and economically.  In my
opinion, both men and women are disadvantaged socially because
of the unequal treatment given them on the basis of their
gender.

References:
>> I would say that economic, political and social issues are more important
>> topics than people's feelings, and whether a skirt connotes femininity
>> or how it makes you "feel".
>> 
>>            Cheryl Stewart
>
>I couldn't disagree more.  Not only are feelings extremely important, they
>are intimately involved with all of the intellectual issues you listed above.
>At the root of every belief you have on every topic are your feelings about
>the topic.
>             Jeff Lichtman

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