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From: smann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: They say we're moving ahead!
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Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 08:30:55 EDT
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The point has been made, and rightly, that the complaint against
the hot dog stand entreprenuer is a smoke screen covering the real
reason for the complaint - she is hurting someone's business.
We are therefore urged not to take it seriously as everyone can
see through it.

This case however blatant, does point out how women (and not just
women, but that's what I want to discuss) face sometimes more
subtle discrimination - for instance now that Mondale has selected
a woman as his running mate you can expect to hear (and I've heard
them already) that she isn't qualified, that she has no foreign
relations experience, and this one, which I find most laughable -
that he only selected her to appease a portion of the population
(the women's vote).  VP candidates have been selected with fewer
or similar qualifications, and traditionally are selected to balance
the ticket with regard to select portions of the population.