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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Discrimination against women and statistics
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 00:44:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 00:44:00 1985
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>/* mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) /  4:24 pm  Jun 20, 1985 */

>>Actually, the only legitimate criteria for measuring "worth" are
>>supply and demand.  It is arrogant for one to insist that the rest of the
>>world adapt to one's personal notions of "worth."

>Since the opinion stated in the first sentence above is highly disputed, I
>would suggest that it constitutes arrogance under the principle stated in
>the second sentence (which, I might add, is also disputable).

The point you appear to have missed is that supply and demand represents
a composite of the opinion as to worth of everyone who cares to put
his/her money where their mouth is.