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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Unfair Insurance Practices
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 17:07:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 17:07:24 1984
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>It really stinks that woman have to pay higher rates just because
>their husbands have rotten driving records. 

>Why the h*ll go out 
>and try to be independent and buy your own car or your own house
>if it is all going to come down to what your husband earns or 
>what your husband's driving record is like? That (to me) is almost
>a good enough reason to not get married at all.
>
>Marie Carey
>...seismo!carey


>> I really do empathize with your frustration.  I go through
>> phases where it is difficult not to see sexism as the cause of
>> certain kinds of problems.  Just remember that if we don't all
>> get out there and keep trying, these things will never change.
>>
>>	Gail Bayley Hanrahan
>>	{ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!calmasd!gail
>>	Calma Company, San Diego


My question is not whether or not these practices are fair but; are
they sexist?  Is it sexist to [1;5m sometimes [m consider a married couple
as a unit?  Again the question is; are these practices sexist?  (not ; are
these pratices wrong?)

Peter Barbee

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