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From: maslak@unix.sri.com (Valerie Maslak)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: REFRESH
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Date: 23 Oct 90 22:14:12 GMT
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In article <3193@yang.earlham.edu> davej@yang.earlham.edu (David A. Jeroslow) writes:
>
>A female freind of mine told me something about lesbian relationships.
>She is heterosexual.
>"Gay male relationships are more likely to be based on a genuine love and 
>sexual attraction, whereas gay female relationships are often based on a 
>mutual anger toward men."
>I am neutral to the above statement.
>Any comments?

Well, given that your friend is heterosexual, I'm not sure what her
basis for the statement is. In my experience, the sexual orientation
of the partners in a relationship is no sure indicator of the likely
basis of the relationship one way or the other. I know what seem to
be happy, healthy homosexual relationships based on love and I know
homosexual relationships based on neurosis. The sex of the people
involved is irrelevant. 

I don't agree with your friend's statement at all. Look, I can even
think of a couple of heterosexual relationships that seem to be
based on hatred of the opposite sex...

Valerie Maslak