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From: @multimax.UUCP@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (jdarcy)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: how to bash feminism without really trying
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Date: 24 Oct 89 19:46:37 GMT
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gazit@cs.duke.EDU (Hillel Gazit):
> When you accept less qualified women via AA,
> does it improve the image of women?

kja@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (krista.j.anderson):
> Well, thank-you very much for the vote of confidence in my
> qualifications.  This is an example of the typical sexually harrassing
> comments that make my work day so enjoyable.  The white males give me
> [...]
> and it's still not enough sometimes.  But Hillel claims I don't need
> AA.  In fact, he doesn't even think I should have been hired because,
> being a woman, I am obviously unqualified for my job.  Yes, I was
> [etc.]

Hillel made no claims about any particular individual's qualifications.  What
he was saying (as I read it) was that *if* a less qualified woman is hired
to satisfy AA requirements, *then* it does nothing to improve perceptions of
women in the workplace.

Jeff d'Arcy		jdarcy@encore.com		"Quack!"
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