Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!usc!aero!keith@pawl.rpi.edu
From: keith@pawl.rpi.edu (Keith D. Weiner)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Feminism is a fine word, thank you
Message-ID: <1989Oct1.202442.10756@rpi.edu>
Date: 1 Oct 89 20:24:42 GMT
References: <1880@convex.UUCP> <851@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> <4504@ncar.ucar.edu> <2637@hp-sdd.hp.com> <4525@ncar.ucar.edu> <2766@tymix.UUCP> <4537@ncar.ucar.edu> <4014@unix.SRI.COM> 
Sender: nadel@aerospace.aero.org
Reply-To: keith@pawl.rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Lines: 6
Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org


"If self-interest is established as the rule, and the status quo truly favors
men, what can men be expected to do but fight to preserve that status quo?"
"IF" is a very large word. IF all men were to gain (somehow) by the
collectivist sexism, THEN they might wish to preserve it. However, the unearned
prejudice does not benefit any man who is competant, THEREFORE we do not
support it. Thats the problem with collectivist arguments: they always present
an issue as "Win or Lose". "Us or Them".