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From: leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Women"s natural superiority at sympathizing
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Date: Fri, 14-Oct-83 11:36:27 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 14 11:36:27 1983
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"The biology of human beings is not as important as the sociology of
human beings in determining what they do, and what they do well."

Do you have any evidence for this broad statement, or is it as much a statement
of faith as Dave Sherman's statement about the "naturalness" of women sympa-
thyzing?

Actually, NEITHER statement has much evidence behind it - you can probably
find equal evidence for each, if you are objective about it.  Both are state-
ments of faith and, more important, of political belief.  The little we know
about in-born vs. learned differences between the sexes does not justify any
moral or political judgements at this time; those judgements will have to be
made, as they always have been, on another basis.
							-- Jerry
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