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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re:  friendships among women
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Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 00:43:05 EDT
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> Of course any bizarre behavior can be learned.  Are women's friendships
> bizarre?  They seem to be threatening to YSM.  Well, it's like they say:
> "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."

Read the damn articles, Ken.

Mr. Martillo said

> Probably almost any bizarre behavior can be learned.

in response to Mr. Seifert's

> Yes, that silly competition really gets in the way.  Thus many
> of my close friends are women.  No competition.  Of course there's
> the problem that it's sometimes hard to tell if a new friend
> wants to be 'platonic' or 'romantic' type friends. "Already have
> a date?  Huh? .......OH! I didn't mean.....bye."

> So, anyone have any theories of whether this 'competition'
> is inherent or learned?  => Can it be 'unlearned'?

So the "bizarre behavior" being referred to by Mr. Martillo and Mr. Seifert
is competition between men that gets in the way of their friendship, not
friendship between women.

	Guy Harris
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