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From: mittmann@ral.rpi.EDU (Michael Mittmann)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Woman/Man Space
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Date: 8 Jan 91 05:47:29 GMT
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In article <02DWW3W@cs.swarthmore.edu> sdk91@campus.swarthmore.edu writes:
>   I never claimed that men-only groups are always wrong.  I don't
>think ayone has made that broad a claim in this discussion, at least
>that part I managed to keep up with.
>
>   I see no reason why a group of men should not meet as a men-only
>group if its purpose is not to exclude women but to change what it
>means to be a man so that sexist structures are broken down.

This country has freedom of speach, hopefully that also means freedom
of thought.  I have just as much right to meet with other men to try
to keep the definition of what it means to be a man the same, (or to
try to define it in a way that would result in a more sexist society)
as someone eelse might have to meet to do the redefining you support.

Now you (and I for that matter) may think that these groups will make
society worse, but they still have the right exist.

-mike