Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site harpo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!harpo!uucp From: uucp@harpo.UUCP (uucp) Newsgroups: mod.ber Subject: net.motss Message-ID: <2588@harpo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 16:08:53 EDT Article-I.D.: harpo.2588 Posted: Tue Jul 24 16:08:53 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Jul-84 00:30:38 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany Lines: 32 Approved: ber@gummo.UUCP Summary of newsgroup: net.motss by Mike Simpson (msimpson@bbncca.{arpa,uucp} ) 55 articles covered for July 2-16, 1984 'Bigotry' in the newsgroup (13 articles) * One submittor put forth a sentiment about men that others construed as being bigoted. The resultant flurry (from which the submittor was notably absent) continued the tendency for the newsgroup to attract new contributors. History/Religion/Government and Homosexuality (24 articles) * continuations of on-going discussions * how does the gay community view Scripture's view of homosexuality? * several follow-up articles concerning Unitarianism/Universalism and its sanctioning of gay marriages Incest/Rape (2 messages) * this seems to be much more prevalent in the heterosexual community, even accounting for the difference in numbers "Dear Abby" responses (3 messages) * a less-than-pleasant situation has been resolved Differential 'sex roles' in a homosexual relationship (4 messages) * how different/fluid are 'sex roles' in a gay relationship? Questions/Answers (9 messages) * why, particularly in a bar/dance situation, do gay men smoke so much? is the percentage of smokers among gay men higher than average? * what is gay life like in 'non-western' countries? * book review: 'Flaunting It!'