Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!greenber From: greenber@acf4.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Association for Women in Computing Message-ID: <10400015@acf4.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 10:32:00 EST Article-I.D.: acf4.10400015 Posted: Wed Oct 31 10:32:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 20:14:13 EST References: <3953@tektronix.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 36 Nf-ID: #R:tektronix:-395300:acf4:10400015:000:1473 Nf-From: acf4!greenber Oct 31 10:32:00 1984 <> I assume the same assoc. exists for Men?? If not, aren't you folks being a little sexist?? I belong to about five different groups that in some form or another revolve around computers. They aren't sexist --- or I wouldn't belong. I assume that the equalitarians amoung you refuse to join any group as blatantly sexist as ACW?? Back in college I tried to start a number of groups as a protest: Proposed Group To Ridicule ================== ================ Heterosexual Student Union Gay Student Union White Student Union Black Student Union Agnostics Club Jewish Club Men Student Union Womens Student Union Now I know "We've been deprived for so long and we have special needs, so we deserve our own group". BULL! If you want equality, START NOW. You should just as hotly protest any group dedicated to the advancement of any one "class" or "type" of people as you would one you considered to be prejudical to your own favorite group, class, or type. Back to college: A number of very large members of the ***** Student Union visited me one evening and convinced me that I should drop this thing, since funding from the Student Activity Fund was split on a group-by-group basis based on _potential_ membership, and they were upset by the thought that their particular group would lose funding. They were A LOT bigger than me!! Ross M. Greenberg @ NYU ----> allegra!cmcl2!acf4!greenber <----