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From: desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Immodestly Dressed Women in the Workplace
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 18:26:33 EST
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> Different cultures have different notions of what constitutes "immodestly
> dressed".  There are tribes in New Guinea whose women don't cover their
> breasts at all ... would that be considered acceptable in this country?  I
> don't see why _your_ standards of acceptable dress should be "obviously the
> right one" for all cultures!
> -- 
> Saumya Debray
> SUNY at Stony Brook
> 

I think the problem is not the definition of "immodest dressing" but the
blaming of the women for the "raging male hormones".  (Again, the "but
she asked for it" philosophy.)  We should send all those women home because
the men can't control themselves?  Why not send the men home?

	marie desjardins