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From: sophie@mnetor.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Women and the consumption of toilet paper.
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 14:04:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 14:04:40 1985
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> In article <277@ihlpa.UUCP> zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) writes:
> >Not suprisingly men have a great difficulty dealing with humor which stikes
> >close to their anatomy when women are also in the discussion. I have no idea
> >why but I have seen it happen time and again.
> >
> >Women are much more aware of their bodies, nature forces us to be, then men
> >and while we general do not choose the topic for dinner table conversation
> >comparative humor does not generally strike any blow at our femininity yet
> >I get the impression this is just what Mr. Casey and co. are offended
> >about.
> 
> You are.  I have a great sense of humor about myself and my body.  What
> Sohpie Quigley said wasn't meant to be humor, and needs to be considered
> seriously because it was meant seriously.  Read her followup.  
> -  Sean Casey				UUCP:	{cbosgd,anlams,hasmed}!ukma!sean

Maybe I should speak for myself here.  What actually happened was that I
originally meant to be kidding in my original posting.  I also wanted to
be slightly insulting, and thought that this was acceptable given that
1/ the discussion was conducted in net.flame, where logic and civility
are outlawed anyway, 2/ the original discussion was insulting to women,
and what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

However, given the amount of hate mail and explanations I received on the
matter (more than I have ever received on any of my other usually brilliant
postings! :->), I was forced to conclude that I was either 1/ right or 2/ close
enough to be right, in which case I should probably make sure that I leave a
way out of the insult for some of my best friends (some of my best friends are
MEN!).  That is why I posted the followup ....  I think...  actually I don't
even remember posting a followup, but if I did, I probably said something
wishy-washy like "not ALL men are poisonned......".   Well, I retract that now!

Now Sean, have fun tearing this one to shreds!!!  I will never tell you
whether or not I am kidding now....  but things are more exciting that way,
aren't they?
-- 
Sophie Quigley
{allegra|decvax|ihnp4|linus|watmath}!utzoo!mnetor!sophie