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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: what the big deal is
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 14:41:46 EDT
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> All pretentiousness and hand wringing aside, sensitivity in males
> is often viewed by BOTH sexes as weakness.  The assholes may be assholes,
> but they don't spend their nights alone.  Do we say one thing and do another,
> I wonder?      [RON CHRISTIAN]

One of the saddest but truest facets of this whole topic of discussion is that,
for all the claims of sexual progress and enlightened thinking on sex roles,
such things are still the status quo.  That means not only that men live by
the "old rules" but that women do too.  Why?  Because many people just don't
know any better, because those people who just accept such things without
thinking about them don't realize what behavior means to those around them.

Many people have come forward and said that they and all their friends don't
live by those old rules, and somehow conclude that neither does the rest of
the world.  Those in the "vanguard" may think that because of what *they've*
seen, the "job" is done.  It's not.  No one said it would be easy.
-- 
It doesn't matter what you wear, just as long as you are there.
						Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr