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From: maton@dvinci.USask.CA (Terry Maton)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Can a man be a feminist?
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Date: 13 Jun 89 18:16:29 GMT
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From article <8906080054.AA08193@joey.cs.Buffalo.EDU>, by ugeileen@cs.Buffalo.EDU (E. McGowan):
> 
> 	In my  opinion a man  can  most definitely be a feminist.  My
>    best friend  is a man, and a feminist.  He's taught me  a lot, and
>    been a rock of support  when I felt defeated and considered giving
*some copy deleted* 
>      Feminism isn't women vs.
>    men, it's  about belief systems, attitudes, independent of gender.  
> 
>    ugeileen@cs.Buffalo.EDU

I say 'BRAVO!!' to that.
For far too long the view has been 'us vs. them'

I am amazed at how many people still hold on to the old ways of
thinking.  The last line in the article from E. McGowan (to me at
least) sums it up completely.

The whole education system, media presentation etc. needs desperately
to be changed so that our children can grow up without the old ways
being fed to them daily both at school and at home.

I know that a lot of blatant and obvious stuff has now been changed,
BUT it is the less obvious things that are less easy to fight and are
so easy to absorb!


	Terry Maton
	University of Saskatchewan
	Saskatoon
	Saskatchewan
	Canada

uucp address:	maton@dvinci.USask.ca
bitnet address: MATON@SASK.BITNET

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