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From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: net.men
Message-ID: <827@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 18:52:14 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 22 18:52:14 1984
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Net.men would only encourage and perpetuate separatism and sexism,
as net.women.only already does.  No to both of them.  Net.women may be
ill-named, but being only one newsgroup for the discussion of sexual
politics rather than two segregated by sex, it does serve a purpose
in that it draws everyone interested into the same forum.

The creation of net.men would detract from what value net.women has
by promoting arbitrary division of discussions by the sex of the
poster, even as net.women.only does now.
-- 
John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas
jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, jsq@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!jsq