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From: wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: men and feminism
Message-ID: <409@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Nov-83 20:33:20 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  8 20:33:20 1983
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This was taped to the desk I moved into.  I would have typed it
in before, but there are (at least) two interpretations, and
people on the net seem to take everything wrong.  I hope you
take it the right way.
				Wm Leler

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For every woman who is tired of acting weak when she knows she is
strong,
     there is a man who is tired of appearing strong when he
     feels vulnerable;

For every woman who is tired of acting dumb,
     there is a man who is burdened with the constant expectation
     of "knowing everything";

For every woman who is tired of being called "an emotional
female",
     there is a man who is denied the right to weep and be
     gentle;

For every woman who is called unfeminine when she competes,
     there is a man for whome competition is the only way to
     prove his masculinity;

For every woman who is tired of being a sex object,
     there is a man who must worry about his potency;

For every woman who feels "tied down" by her children,
     there is a man who is denied the full pleasure of shared
     parenthood;

For every woman who is denied meaningful employment or equal pay,
     there is a man who must bear full financial responsibility
     for another human being;

For every woman who was not taught the intricacies of an
automobile,
     there is a man who was not taught the satisfaction of
     cooking;

For every woman who takes a step twoard her own liberation,
     there is a man who finds the way to freedom has been made a
     little easier.