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From: smann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann)
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Subject: Re: Bigotry and Trish's original quote
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Date: Thu, 12-Jul-84 09:26:41 EDT
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For those who have asked Sophie if she is more offended by
"Most women are..." or "I think most women are...", I'd like
to express how I feel.  I definitely react to "I think"
differently than "Most women are" - with the former, I tend to
feel a little sorry for the person expressing the sentiment
for the bad experiences they must have had to lead them to feel
that way, and also, believe it or not some amount of empathy
because I have had experiences I'd rather not have had
which have colored the way I feel about things.
The latter expression therefore offends me more, and sounds to me
more like a bigoted statement than an effort to let me know
something about the speaker.

	Sherry Mann