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From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Inter-sexual undertones
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Date: Mon, 9-Apr-84 20:34:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  9 20:34:57 1984
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I have to agree with Larry; faking interest is being phony no matter
what the purpose is.  This is true whether sexual undertones exist
(i.e. flirtation) or not.

Various postings have made a claim that sounds suspiciously like
`the ends justify the means'.  I find this abhorrent, but such
scheming is all too often `the rules of the game'.  It depresses
me that women have to adopt some of the more dishonorable
characteristics of men in order to `succeed in a man's world'.

Or do they?  I guess I was just dreaming when I once thought that
equality meant an intermingling and an opening up of sex roles,
rather than just the ability of women to adopt the male sex roles
they desire.  And I thought it meant giving up the unfair advantages
built into the traditional roles of either sex as well as shedding
their restrictions.

It is probably more pragmatic to exploit a male chauvinist's biases
(thereby reinforcing them) than to attempt to `educate' him or simply to
ignore the biases, but in light of the amorality implied by this
exploitation any argument for `equality' is hollow.  You can't achieve
moral objectives--and I claim equality is one--through amoral means.

In addition, the implications of calculated deception for ones own
psychological well-being and the well-being of society in general
are insidious and profound (but this is another issue entirely).

		-Ed Hall
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