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From: gary@rochester.UUCP (Gary Cottrell)
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Subject: Re: Backlash to Feminism
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 11:39:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 11:39:34 1984
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> >>>...(reply)...
> >>>Sherry Mann
> >>...(reply to Sherry Mann)...
> >>Ken Hollis
> >Every social movement has had its growing pains...
> >  .
> >  .
> >a lot of anti-male propaganda going on, but it has hardly led to any real
> >violence against men,and has even been used to justify violence by men against
> >women, so who is hating who here?
> 
> Well, personally I remember little of any bombing of feminist headquarters by
> extremist male groups (:->), but seriously, there is very little that women
> can do to males.  There is pretty well full intergration of both males and
> females in society.  The only violence that males may produce upon females
> would be on a one-to-one basis, and that in my opinion is the mental problem
> of the attacker, and can be handled in court.  I might also point out that 'the
> tongue is sharper than the sword', ie, I have seen many fights where the male
> was hacked down piece by piece, and he didn't even get physically touched by
> the female assailant.
> 
> Ken Hollis

Come on, man! There have been *many* attacks on abortion clinics (including
bombings), and the number of such attacks is increasing at an alarming rate. 
The Reagan Justice Department has so far refused to do anything about it, 
claiming it is not a violation of anyone's civil rights. Baloney! These are
attacks on women's right to control their own bodies. "If men could have
children, abortion would be a sacrament."

And there has been no official recognition of the problem of wife abuse. It
is mostly grass roots organizations that establish "safe houses" for abused
women and their families. Violence against women is "acceptable" in this
society (especially if it's is against one's "own" woman).  Violence against 
*property* (not your own), on the other hand, is strictly forbidden.

"Forget it, Hugh, it's a Republican administration."

gary cottrell	(allegra or seismo)!rochester!gary  (UUCP)
		gary@rochester (ARPA)