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From: zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 12:30:46 EDT
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> have an advantage in this society.  They are often unwilling to
> grant more privileges to females (blacks, Jews, etc.) because it
> means giving up their privileges.  Of course they don't often
> phrase it in these terms, but it is a fact.
> 
> critic was "But if you raise wages of women, then everyone else [i.e.
> men] will suffer."  This is not an isolated case.  Many men are very
> afraid that by giving women more rights, they will lose some of their
> rights.
> 
> 	marie desjardins

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WHY - (am I naive or something?) - does anyone have to give up something
,or anything for that matter, to allow equality to a minority be it women
blacks, jews, all of the above or other than the above?

Equality - to me - seems like it should be just that and comprable worth
has nothing to do with it. 

Perhaps the correct expression should be that the  "MALE PRIVILEGE" etc.
would have to be shared and so make it not a privilege or perhaps more
of a privilege (defined as something special which must be earned as
opposed to a right which generally does not have to be earned **historical
exceptions noted - this is a gereralization after all** )

This view brings discrimination down to a simpler descriptive
 
	SELFISHNESS

This is a trait best observed in children.

I wonder  - If the human race ever grows out of its childhood phase if
this type of behavior will be either eliminated or controlled by a 
deliberate act of will?

jeanette zobjeck
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