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From: techpub@mhuxt.UUCP (mcgrew)
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Subject: Re:  Mothers in restaurants
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 09:33:47 EST
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>The referenced article is about as offensive as anything I've seen on this
>network.  Note the (unwarranted) assumptions:
> 
>1.  Women who lunch with their children must not work for a living.
>2.  Women who don't work outside the home are less important than
>    women who do.
>3.  Women who don't work outside the home have nothing but free time,
>    and so should schedule their lives for the convenience of women who
>    do work outside the home.
> 
>Ever hear the phrase "second-class citizen,"  Melanie?  The ugliness of the
>below article would have been self-evident had you substituted 'blacks'
>for 'women with children'.   What you're saying is that your needs
>outweigh those of the inferior classes -- housewives.  Sorry, sweetie,
>but they don't.
> 
>Note:  I am *NOT* arguing that noisy children aren't annoying; they
>can be.  But Melanie herself says that it isn't the noise which bothers
>her as much as the inconvenience of waiting for a seat at lunch.
> 
>Shufflin' back to the back of the bus,
>Elizabeth Hanes Perry


OKAY!!  I'll admit that I did not make myself clear in my original
posting! I did *not* mean to imply that I think mothers who stay home to
raise their children are second-rate to those who work.  Consider this
my public apology:


   I AM SORRY TO ANYONE I MAY HAVE OFFENDED WITH THAT STATEMENT

What I meant was people who have to report back to work have a little
tighter schedule than mothers, I mean how 'bout people who have to
punch a timeclock?


OKAY SWEETIE??


(At least I can admit when I'm wrong...)

Melanie