Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece From: preece@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: The power of words - (nf) Message-ID: <5139@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Jan-84 22:37:10 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5139 Posted: Wed Jan 25 22:37:10 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jan-84 01:36:33 EST Lines: 14 #R:watdaisy:-644900:uicsl:16400032:000:555 uicsl!preece Jan 25 09:50:00 1984 The feminized quotations in two ways. They make you think about Woman's role in the world and they make you think about the authors' meanings in a different light. Most of the authors would probably not object to the changes, which do no violence to the underlying sentiments. What is curious, though, is that when we read the revised versions they carry not only their intended meaning about human-kind but they also seem to speak directly to feminism and to the things women must do if feminism is to triumph. scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece