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From: welsch@houxu.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: net.women.only
Message-ID: <253@houxu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 14:29:47 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 14:29:47 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 9-Dec-83 02:33:59 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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There was a great deal of controversy when net.women.only was
formed.  At the time it was unclear to me whether or not the
news group would serve a useful purpose or not.  I now note the
following:

	1. There are very few articles submitted to
	   net.women.only.

	2. The topics do not seem to be significantly different
	   to me than one would find in Redbook or Good House
	   Keeping ie. does hair really grow back thicker if you
	   shave regularly.

	3. It does not appear to be a useful forum, either for
	   debate, support, or information.

While I see no harm in net.women.only I believe that it is a
dying news group.  I would like to hear from people who have
different opinions, or from people who have similar opinions and
can offer an explanation as to why.

					Larry Welsch
					houxu!welsch

PS. I have no apologies that this is longer than 25 lines.