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From: scott@cdp.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Please forget all about ties!
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Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 22:16:00 EST
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> 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
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