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From: roy@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy Mongiovi)
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Subject: Re: Women/men and the consumption of toilet paper
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 15:13:36 EDT
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I don't know about the rest of the guys out in net-land, but I just
stick my left foot (I'm left-handed) in the water and piss down my
leg.  I don't have to sit down (or lift the seat), and there's no
splash to worry about.

Seriously, I am astonished at the attitudes of a number of women
in this newsgroup.  You all seem to be pretty rabid (no pun) men-
haters.  Now I didn't ask to be born a man any more than I asked to
be white, half and half Italian/German, USofA'ian, or anything else
of that nature.  Blaming a man for his balls is no different from
calling a black stupid because of his skin color.  Parts is parts,
and discrimination is discrimination.

You have all bitched and moaned about male's testosterone poisoning,
our basic inability to put the seat down (which is, of course, the
ONLY possible correct position for the toilet seat).  Men have been
lambasted for having sex drives and dirty minds, as well as (of course)
those most masculine of tendencies: hate and violence.  Well, I'm me,
I was born me, and I'll die me.  I resent being lumped into a category
(violent, dumb, etc.) just as much as anyone who is the butt of
prejudice.

Well, maybe you ought to try wearing the shoe for a little while before
you condemn it.  Maybe you ought to try understanding what it's like
to have your gonads poke you in the ribs and say "Hey!  Check out the
babe over there, she isn't wearing a bra!  Very nice." before you
insist on your right to let it all hang out and then blame what happens
next on the man.  It takes two to tango, and none of us are mind-readers.
Perhaps if we all treated each other as people with strengths AND
weaknesses (instead of I've got all the weaknesses and you've got all
the strength) we could reach a common understanding.

Women say they want men who are sensitive.  Well, maybe we'd have a little
easier time being considerate about your problems if you'd spend a little
time being considerate about ours.
-- 
Roy J. Mongiovi.	Office of Computing Services.		User Services.
Georgia Institute of Technology.	Atlanta GA  30332.	(404) 894-6163
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