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From: howardh@ihu1e.UUCP (Howard Hill)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Miss America
Message-ID: <287@ihu1e.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 18:13:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 18:13:47 1984
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Trish Millines writes:
  > So what does everybody think about Vanessa Williams being dethroned?
  > I think it stinks!!  

So do I.

  > I don't think the nude stuff bothered them a much as the fact that 
  > the scenes involved another woman.

Trish may very well be right on this point; homophobia is endemic
in this culture.   I really don't understand why the scenes involving
a woman should be a problem.  Actually, I rather enjoy participating
in scenes with women.  In fact, some of my best friends are women 
[although I wouldn't want my daughter to marry one] :-) Seriously, 
the best way of reacting to nonsensical attitudes is not to take 
them seriously, while the best way of dealing with the purveyors of such
nonsense is to avoid these lunatics altogether (if possible).

  > She was a better role model than any of the past Miss America's, but
  > of course they won't even count that.  And unfortunately this is 
  > something that will stay with her for the rest of her life.

Trish is right, this is something that will unfortunately stay with her
for the rest of her life.  When people in this culture stop seeing
women as products and men as machines; when people stop worrying about
small-minded morals, then and only then, will we have a real chance 
to be human.

				Yours for more sanity in the world,
				Howard Hill (ihnp4!ihu1e!howardh)
				
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