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From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: bits and pieces
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 13:34:28 EST
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>        You might try to stay clear of any women who seem especially
>good at manipulating their fathers, unless you are seeking a constant
>source of direction.
>                        Anton Winteroak

Shucks, here he's going along at a nice clip about how to choose a
spouse and suddenly we discover he's not talking about a generic "how
anybody should choose a spouse" but "how a man should choose a woman".

I guess that's 'cose women don't ever choose, right?  I mean, they just
sit there on their pedestals, right?

Or maybe it's more important how a woman manipulates her father than it
is how a man manipulates his mother -- OR -- maybe it's only important
that she does it well, since no one minds being manipulated badly --
OR -- maybe he means that only women are manipulators, right?  Or, maybe
the women who have responded to the original posting about criteria
responded incorrectly, since the original posting was aimed at men?

No flame at Anton intended -- really.  Just a continuation of the debate
on how language does or does not alter our perceptions of the world.

A side note on "why do married people post to net.singles?"  One of the
reasons I won't marry again is because some people have odd notions about
what single people versus married people do, should do, should be allowed
to do., etc.  I intend to make my personal life as ambiguous as possible
just so people can't make snap judgements, suppositions about what I need,
think, do, want.  Apparently "because they are interested" isn't a good
enough answer.