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From: dhw@iti.org (David H. West)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: womyn-only space vs. men-only space?
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Date: 23 Nov 90 07:56:00 GMT
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In article <46160@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> feit@acsu.buffalo.edu (Elissa Feit) writes:
>In article <1990Oct31.185009.701@athena.mit.edu> szady@athena.mit.edu (Does it really matter?) writes:

>>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.

You don't trust us, but you want us to trust you.

>as more radical anti-sexist men (yippee!!! I love you!)

But will you still love us if we become radical enough to question
modern stereotypes as well as "traditional" ones?  1/2 :-)

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

That cut no ice when men said it, as I recall.

-David West           dhw@iti.org