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From: feit@acsu.buffalo.edu (Elissa Feit)
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Subject: Re: womyn-only space vs. men-only space?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 02:41:15 GMT
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In article <1990Oct31.185009.701@athena.mit.edu> szady@athena.mit.edu (Does it really matter?) writes:
>I have a question.....

>Why are womyn only events such as Michigan perfectly all right (i *DO* support
>womyn-space) but men-only events such as sharpening the stone (a radical 
>faeries gathering) sexist and exclusionary?

Because while women want to be without men in order to do healing, the
fear is that men want to be without women in order to do
women-bashing.

I think as more radical anti-sexist men (yippee!!! I love you!)
develop men's space (as opposed to, say, the Bohemian Club which
disallows women, while making policy decisions for the far-right), it
will become more ok.

Hey, we just don't wanna be left out 8-(
;-)

Elissa  Feit    (feit@cs.buffalo.edu // {rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!feit)
  Animals are your friends -- but they won't pick you up at the airport.