At 1/19/01 5:19:00 PM you wrote:
quoted 12 lines Apologies for continuing this thread, but judging from the amount of>Apologies for continuing this thread, but judging from the amount of
>personal e-mail/four-letter words that have ended up in my lap since
>yesterday, I suspect there are many of you out there who completely missed
>the point of my message.
>
>The problem I had with Josh's post is that, while sincere and
>well-meaning, I found it to be patronizing. By trying to curb the
>behavior of "many of the male members of this list" in order to "provide a
>good reason for the women here to stick around," Josh inadvertently puts
>women into a special, thin-skinned class that needs to be protected from
>the marauding band of "sexist offensive pricks."
>
Oh, I see. To recognize and take stance with manifestations of inequality is to perpetuate it?
God, this is the classical right-wing attack on liberalism...
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