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From: nax@cornell.UUCP
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Subject: Macrobiotics and SEXISM?!
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 16:25:30 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 16:25:30 1985
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From: nax (Call me Nax)

[Which you would rather eat: burdock root or a peach?]

A friend of mine noticed the following.

	While the macrobiotic diet stresses the balancing of yang:yin, 
	the prefered ratio is not 1:1 -- it's something like 4:1 or 5:1.

	Is this yangism? Can that bias be construed as proto-sexism?
	What make yang preferable to ying ?
	How do I know this isn't the subtle prejudice of a patriarchal
	society?

					Uh, the peach.
					Nax@Cornel