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From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP (Rob Buchner)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: RE:boyfriends
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 15:28:29 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 15:28:29 1985
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>I was having a conversation on the subject of women and boyfriends...  
>They seemed to think that most women would say that they had a boyfriend...
>most of them who did not have boyfriends said...
>Do you have a boyfriend?
>Do you feel like you must have a boyfriend?
>Did you ever say you had a boyfriend when you didn't?
>My friends were also saying that even if a woman had a boyfriend...
>they might have boyfriends because...
>they might have a boyfriend so...

>I'd just like to know how some of you feel about these statements.

Okay, my personal opinion is that I find the use of the word boyfriend
quite reprehensible. I want to be referred to as a male-friend. The term
boy implies a subservient role not to mention a lack of maturity.
I am going to get a few people to agree with me. Then we are going to 
demand that socially acceptable world behavior must change to accomodate
us. Anyone caught using the word will be deemed unfit to interact with
society until their etiquette meets minimum standards. Meanwhile we
are going to go into a fit and scream and point fingers at anyone
not being tolerant of our feelings. They should know better.

Robert

PS. Note that I do not object to the word boy or any derivative of it.
    I just couldn't resist the opportunity to practice some satire, poor
    though it may be.